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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.211
তবে ‘রামকেলি’-গ্রামে প্রভু যৈছে গেলা ।
‘নাটশালা’ হৈতে প্রভু পুনঃ ফিরি’ আইলা ॥ ২১১ ॥
tabe ‘rāmakeli’-grāme prabhu yaiche gelā
‘nāṭaśālā’ haite prabhu punaḥ phiri’ āilā
The Lord then visited the village known as Rāmakeli and the place known as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā. From there He returned to Śāntipura.
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The Lord visited the village known as Rāmakeli.
He also visited the place known as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
From there, He returned to Śāntipura.
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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