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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.240
বৃন্দাবন দেখি’ যবে আসিব নীলাচলে ।
তবে তুমি আমা-পাশ আসিহ কোন ছলে ॥ ২৪০ ॥
vṛndāvana dekhi’ yabe āsiba nīlācale
tabe tumi āmā-pāśa āsiha kona chale
“You may see Me at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, when I return after visiting Vṛndāvana. By that time you can think of some trick to escape.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord offered a future opportunity to see Him at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī.
This meeting would take place after His return from visiting Vṛndāvana.
In the meantime, the listener could think of a means to escape.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do you respond when a hoped-for meeting requires waiting?
When planning a meeting today, take account of the other person’s availability.
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