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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.255
গদাধর-পণ্ডিত আসি’ প্রভুরে মিলিলা ।
সবার অগ্রেতে প্রভু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ২৫৫ ॥
gadādhara-paṇḍita āsi’ prabhure mililā
sabāra agrete prabhu kahite lāgilā
Gadādhara Paṇḍita also came and met the Lord. Then, before all the devotees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to speak as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita also came to meet the Lord.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then began to speak.
He spoke before all the devotees.
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 prepare to give careful attention to the Lord’s words?
Pause briefly before reading the Lord’s next words, and read them without distraction.
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