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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.235
‘রক্ষকের হাতে মুঞি কেমনে ছুটিব !
কেমনে প্রভুর সঙ্গে নীলাচলে যাব ?’ ২৩৫ ॥
‘rakṣakera hāte muñi kemane chuṭiba!
kemane prabhura saṅge nīlācale yāba?’
Raghunātha dāsa thought, “How shall I be able to get free from the hands of the watchmen? How shall I be able to go with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Nīlācala?”
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Raghunātha dāsa wondered how he could get free from the hands of the watchmen.
He wanted to go with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Nīlācala.
His thoughts concerned both the restraint he faced and his desire to accompany the Lord.
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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