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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.185
ইঁহার যে এই গতি, ইথে কি বিস্ময় ?
তোমার দর্শন-প্ৰভাব এইমত হয় ॥’ ১৮৫ ॥
iṅhāra ye ei gati, ithe ki vismaya?
tomāra darśana-prabhāva ei-mata haya’
“It is no wonder that this Muslim governor has attained such results. Simply by seeing You, all this is possible.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prayer acknowledges the results attained by the Muslim governor.
These results are described as no cause for wonder.
Simply seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu makes such results possible.
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:
When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Read the prayer aloud once, pausing to reflect on the words “Simply by seeing You.”
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