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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.176
এত বলি’ বিশ্বাসেরে কহিল বচন ।
“ভাগ্য তাঁর — আসি’ করুক প্রভু দরশন ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
eta bali’ viśvāsere kahila vacana
“bhāgya tāṅra — āsi’ karuka prabhu daraśana
After thinking this, the mahā-pātra immediately informed the Muslim secretary, “It is a great fortune for your governor. Let him come visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The mahā-pātra immediately informed the Muslim secretary of his decision.
He described the opportunity to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as great fortune for the governor.
He welcomed the governor’s visit, saying, “Let him come visit 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:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I recognize an opportunity to turn toward Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as good fortune?
Pause today to appreciate the opportunity to read about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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