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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.198
জলদস্যুভয়ে সেই যবন চলিল ।
দশ নৌকা ভরি’ বহু সৈন্য সঙ্গে নিল ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
jala-dasyu-bhaye sei yavana calila
daśa naukā bhari’ bahu sainya saṅge nila
The Muslim governor then personally accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Because of pirates, the governor took ten boats full of many soldiers.
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The Muslim governor personally accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Pirates posed a danger during the journey.
Because of this danger, the governor took ten boats full of many soldiers.
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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