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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.254
কাশীমিশ্র, রামানন্দ, প্রদ্যুম্ন, সার্বভৌম ।
বাণীনাথ, শিখি-আদি যত ভক্তগণ ॥ ২৫৪ ॥
kāśī-miśra, rāmānanda, pradyumna, sārvabhauma
vāṇīnātha, śikhi-ādi yata bhakta-gaṇa
Kāśī Miśra, Rāmānanda Rāya, Pradyumna, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Vāṇīnātha Rāya, Śikhi Māhiti and all the other devotees met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Kāśī Miśra, Rāmānanda Rāya and Pradyumna met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Vāṇīnātha Rāya and Śikhi Māhiti also met Him.
All the other devotees met the Lord as well.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions. In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year.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 does naming individual devotees help me attend to this gathering?
Read the six named devotees’ names aloud once, giving attention to each.
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