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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.250
তবে নবদ্বীপে তাঁরে দিল পাঠাঞা ।
নীলাদ্রি চলিলা সঙ্গে ভক্তগণ লঞা ॥ ২৫০ ॥
tabe navadvīpe tāṅre dila pāṭhāñā
nīlādri calilā saṅge bhakta-gaṇa lañā
Śrīmatī Śacīdevī was sent back to Navadvīpa, and the Lord and His devotees started for Jagannātha Purī, Nīlādri.
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Śrīmatī Śacīdevī was sent back to Navadvīpa.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Jagannātha Purī, Nīlādri.
His devotees started for Jagannātha Purī with Him.
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
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