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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.206
তাহাঁ হৈতে আগে গেলা শিবানন্দ-ঘর ।
বাসুদেব-গৃহে পাছে আইলা ঈশ্বর ॥ ২০৬ ॥
tāhāṅ haite āge gelā śivānanda-ghara
vāsudeva-gṛhe pāche āilā īśvara
From the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, the Lord went to the house of Śivānanda Sena and then to the house of Vāsudeva Datta.
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The Lord departed from the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
He next went to the house of Śivānanda Sena.
He then went to the house of Vāsudeva Datta.
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:
Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders. From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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