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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.21
সে বৎসর প্রভু দেখিতে সব ঠাকুরাণী ।
চলিলা আচার্য-সঙ্গে অচ্যুত-জননী ॥ ২১ ॥
se vatsara prabhu dekhite saba ṭhākurāṇī
calilā ācārya-saṅge acyuta-jananī
That year all the devotees’ wives [ṭhākurāṇīs] also went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Sītādevī, the mother of Acyutānanda, went with Advaita Ācārya.
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That year, all the devotees’ wives, the ṭhākurāṇīs, also went.
They went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Sītādevī, the mother of Acyutānanda, went with Advaita Ācārya.
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:
This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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