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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.194
প্রাতঃকালে সেই বহু নৌকা সাজাঞা ।
প্ৰভুকে আনিতে দিল বিশ্বাস পাঠাঞা ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
prātaḥ-kāle sei bahu naukā sājāñā
prabhuke ānite dila viśvāsa pāṭhāñā
The next morning the governor sent his secretary with many nicely decorated boats to bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the other side of the river.
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The next morning, the governor sent his secretary.
The secretary came with many nicely decorated boats.
The boats were sent to bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the other side of the river.
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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