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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.252
প্রভু আসি’ জগন্নাথ দরশন কৈল ।
‘মহাপ্রভু আইলা’ — গ্রামে কোলাহল হৈল ॥ ২৫২ ॥
prabhu āsi’ jagannātha daraśana kaila
‘mahāprabhu āilā’ — grāme kolāhala haila
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived in Jagannātha Purī, He visited the temple of the Lord. News then spread all over the city that He had returned.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived in Jagannātha Purī.
Upon arriving, He visited the temple of the Lord.
News of His return then spread all over the city.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make room for visiting the Lord’s temple in my day?
Set aside a specific time for your next visit to the Lord’s temple.
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