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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.161
সেই কালে সে যবনের এক অনুচর ।
‘উড়িয়া-কটকে’ আইল করি’ বেশান্তর ॥ ১৬১ ॥
sei kāle se yavanera eka anucara
‘uḍiyā-kaṭake’ āila kari’ veśāntara
At that time, a follower of the Muslim governor arrived at the Orissa encampment dressed in disguise.
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A follower of the Muslim governor arrived at that time.
He came to the Orissa encampment.
He was dressed in disguise.
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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