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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.242
এত কহি’ মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে বিদায় দিল ।
ঘরে আসি’ মহাপ্ৰভুর শিক্ষা আচরিল ॥ ২৪২ ॥
eta kahi’ mahāprabhu tāṅre vidāya dila
ghare āsi’ mahāprabhura śikṣā ācarila
In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to Raghunātha dāsa, who returned home and did exactly what the Lord told him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to Raghunātha dāsa.
Raghunātha dāsa returned home after their meeting.
At home, he did exactly what the Lord had told him.
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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