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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.228
বার বার পলায় তেঁহো নীলাদ্রি যাইতে ।
পিতা তাঁরে বান্ধি’ রাখে আনি’ পথ হৈতে ॥ ২২৮ ॥
bāra bāra palāya teṅho nīlādri yāite
pitā tāṅre bāndhi’ rākhe āni’ patha haite
Raghunātha dāsa used to run away from home again and again to go to Jagannātha Purī, but his father kept binding him and bringing him back.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Raghunātha dāsa repeatedly ran away from home.
He wanted to go to Jagannātha Purī.
His father kept binding him and bringing him back.
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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What do these repeated attempts reveal about how strongly Raghunātha dāsa wanted to go to Jagannātha Purī?
Write one sentence describing Raghunātha dāsa’s desire and the obstacle he faced.
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