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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.247
সবার সহিত ইহাঁ আমার হইল মিলন ।
এ বর্ষ ‘নীলাদ্রি’ কেহ না করিহ গমন ॥ ২৪৭ ॥
sabāra sahita ihāṅ āmāra ha-ila milana
e varṣa ‘nīlādri’ keha nā kariha gamana
Because He had met them all at Śāntipura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested all the devotees not to go to Jagannātha Purī that year.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had met all the devotees at Śāntipura.
Because they had already met there, He requested that they not go to Jagannātha Purī that year.
His request was addressed to all the devotees and concerned that year’s visit.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you respect a request not to visit, even when you would like to go?
Before arranging a visit today, check whether it suits the person you hope to see.
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