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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.18
খণ্ডবাসী নরহরি, শ্রীরঘুনন্দন ।
সর্ব-ভক্ত চলে, তার কে করে গণন ॥ ১৮ ॥
khaṇḍa-vāsī narahari, śrī-raghunandana
sarva-bhakta cale, tāra ke kare gaṇana
Narahari and Śrī Raghunandana, who were from the village of Khaṇḍa, and many other devotees also departed. Who can count them?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Narahari and Śrī Raghunandana were from the village of Khaṇḍa.
They also departed, along with many other devotees.
The question “Who can count them?” emphasizes how many devotees there were.
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:
In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year. This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.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.
How does the closing question shape my sense of this gathering of devotees?
Reflect for a moment on the many unnamed devotees as well as those named in the verse.
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