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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.24
আচার্যরত্ন-সঙ্গে চলে তাঁহার গৃহিণী ।
তাঁহার প্রেমের কথা কহিতে না জানি ॥ ২৪ ॥
ācāryaratna-saṅge cale tāṅhāra gṛhiṇī
tāṅhāra premera kathā kahite nā jāni
The wife of Candraśekhara [Ācāryaratna] also went. I cannot describe the greatness of Candraśekhara’s love for the Lord.
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The wife of Candraśekhara also went.
Candraśekhara is also identified as Ācāryaratna.
The author says he cannot describe the greatness of Candraśekhara’s love for the Lord.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions. In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when I hear of someone’s great love for the Lord?
Pause for a moment today to appreciate the love for the Lord described in this verse.
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