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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.165
লক্ষ লক্ষ লোক আইসে তাহা দেখিবারে ।
তাঁরে দেখি’ পুনরপি যাইতে নারে ঘরে ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
lakṣa lakṣa loka āise tāhā dekhibāre
tāṅre dekhi’ punarapi yāite nāre ghare
“Many millions upon millions of people come to see Him, and after they see Him, they cannot return home.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Many millions upon millions of people came to see Him.
The report describes what happened after they saw Him.
Having seen Him, they could not return home.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What impresses you about the effect that seeing Him had on these visitors?
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