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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.236
সর্বজ্ঞ গৌরাঙ্গপ্রভু জানি’ তাঁর মন ।
শিক্ষা-রূপে কহে তাঁরে আশ্বাস-বচন ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
sarvajña gaurāṅga-prabhu jāni’ tāṅra mana
śikṣā-rūpe kahe tāṅre āśvāsa-vacana
Since Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was omniscient, He could understand Raghunātha dāsa’s mind. The Lord therefore instructed him with the following reassuring words.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was omniscient.
He could therefore understand Raghunātha dāsa’s mind.
Knowing his thoughts, the Lord instructed him with reassuring words.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s understanding of Raghunātha dāsa’s mind encourage me?
Pause today and reflect on the Lord’s ability to understand the thoughts within your mind.
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