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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.154
ভূমেতে পড়িলা রায় নাহিক চেতন ।
রায়ে কোলে করি’ প্রভু করয়ে ক্রন্দন ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
bhūmete paḍilā rāya nāhika cetana
rāye kole kari’ prabhu karaye krandana
When Rāmānanda Rāya fell to the ground and lost consciousness, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took him upon His lap and began to cry.
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Rāmānanda Rāya fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took him upon His lap.
While holding Rāmānanda Rāya, the Lord began to cry.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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