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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.178
‘বিশ্বাস’ যাঞা তাঁহারে সকল কহিল ।
হিন্দুবেশ ধরি’ সেই যবন আইল ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
‘viśvāsa’ yāñā tāṅhāre sakala kahila
hindu-veśa dhari’ sei yavana āila
The secretary returned to the Muslim governor and informed him of this news. Dressing himself like a Hindu, the Muslim governor then came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The secretary returned to the Muslim governor.
He informed the governor of the news.
The governor dressed himself like a Hindu and came to see 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When an opportunity for devotion comes, do I take a concrete step toward it?
Set aside a specific time today to read about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and keep that appointment.
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