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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.20
সবার সর্বকার্য করেন, দেন বাসা-স্থান ।
শিবানন্দ জানে উড়িয়া-পথের সন্ধান ॥ ২০ ॥
sabāra sarva-kārya karena, dena vāsā-sthāna
śivānanda jāne uḍiyā-pathera sandhāna
Śivānanda Sena took care of all the necessities the devotees required. In particular, he made arrangements for residential quarters, and he knew the roads of Orissa.
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Śivānanda Sena took care of all the necessities the devotees required.
He gave particular attention to arranging residential quarters.
He knew the roads of Orissa.
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:
In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year. This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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