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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.156
তবে ‘ওঢ্র দেশ-সীমা’ প্রভু চলি’ আইলা ।
তথা রাজ-অধিকারী প্রভুরে মিলিলা ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
tabe ‘oḍhra-deśa-sīmā’ prabhu cali’ āilā
tathā rāja-adhikārī prabhure mililā
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu finally arrived at the border of the state of Orissa, a government officer came there to meet Him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued His journey and finally reached the border of Orissa.
A government officer came to that place.
The officer came to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat. Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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