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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.233
শুনি’ তাঁর পিতা বহু লোক-দ্রব্য দিয়া ।
পাঠাইল বলি’ ‘শীঘ্র আসিহ ফিরিয়া’ ॥ ২৩৩ ॥
śuni’ tāṅra pitā bahu loka-dravya diyā
pāṭhāila bali’ ‘śīghra āsiha phiriyā’
Hearing this request, Raghunātha dāsa’s father agreed. Giving him many servants and materials, the father sent him to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, requesting him to return soon.
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Hearing Raghunātha dāsa’s request, his father agreed to let him go.
His father provided many servants and materials for the visit to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
While supporting the visit, his father requested that he return soon.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
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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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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”
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