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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.197
মহাপাত্রে মহাপ্ৰভু করিলা বিদায় ।
কান্দিতে কান্দিতে সেই তীরে রহি’ চায় ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
mahā-pātre mahāprabhu karilā vidāya
kāndite kāndite sei tīre rahi’ cāya
Finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to the mahā-pātra. Standing on the riverbank and looking at the boat, the mahā-pātra began to cry.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to the mahā-pātra.
The mahā-pātra stood on the riverbank, looking at the boat.
As he looked, the mahā-pātra began to cry.
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:
From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do the mahā-pātra’s tears show me about his feelings at the Lord’s departure?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the mahā-pātra watching the Lord’s boat and crying.
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