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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.191
তাহাঁ যাইতে কর তুমি সহায়-প্রকার ।
এই বড় আজ্ঞা, এই বড় উপকার ॥’ ১৯১ ॥
tāhāṅ yāite kara tumi sahāya-prakāra
ei baḍa ājñā, ei baḍa upakāra’
“Please give Him all assistance so that He can go there. This is your first great order, and if you can comply, you will render a great service.”
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The request is to give Him all assistance so that He can reach His destination.
This responsibility is described as the recipient’s first great order.
Carrying out the order will be a great service.
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
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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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