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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.216
পুনরপি প্রভু যদি ‘শান্তিপুর’ আইলা ।
রঘুনাথ-দাস আসি’ প্রভুরে মিলিলা ॥ ২১৬ ॥
punarapi prabhu yadi ‘śāntipura’ āilā
raghunātha-dāsa āsi’ prabhure mililā
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Śāntipura, Raghunātha dāsa came to meet Him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Śāntipura.
Raghunātha dāsa came there to meet Him.
The Lord’s return gave Raghunātha dāsa an opportunity to meet Him.
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:
Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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