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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.237
“স্থির হঞা ঘরে যাও, না হও বাতুল ।
ক্রমে ক্রমে পায় লোক ভবসিন্ধুকূল ॥ ২৩৭ ॥
“sthira hañā ghare yāo, nā hao vātula
krame krame pāya loka bhava-sindhu-kūla
“Be patient and return home. Don’t be a crazy fellow. By and by you will be able to cross the ocean of material existence.
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The Lord instructed Raghunātha dāsa to be patient and return home.
He told him not to behave like a crazy fellow.
He reassured him that, by and by, he would cross the ocean of material existence.
The purport of CC Madhya 16.237 quotesSB 10.14.58
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.58):
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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.
Where do I need patience rather than an impulsive change?
Before making one impatient decision today, pause and recall the Lord’s instruction to be patient.
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