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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.190
তবে মুকুন্দ দত্ত কহে, — ‘শুন, মহাশয় ।
গঙ্গাতীর যাইতে মহাপ্ৰভুর মন হয় ॥ ১৯০ ॥
tabe mukunda datta kahe, — ‘śuna, mahāśaya
gaṅgā-tīra yāite mahāprabhura mana haya
Mukunda Datta then told the Muslim governor, “My dear sir, please hear. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wishes to go to the bank of the Ganges.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mukunda Datta addressed the Muslim governor respectfully as “My dear sir.”
He asked the governor to listen.
He explained that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wished to go to the bank of the Ganges.
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.
How attentive are you when the Lord’s wishes are being conveyed?
Read Mukunda Datta’s words slowly once, giving your full attention to the wish he conveys.
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