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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.256
“বৃন্দাবন যাব আমি গৌড়দেশ দিয়া ।
নিজ-মাতার, গঙ্গার চরণ দেখিয়া ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
‘vṛndāvana yāba āmi gauḍa-deśa diyā
nija-mātāra, gaṅgāra caraṇa dekhiyā
“It was My decision to go to Vṛndāvana through Bengal in order to see My mother and the river Ganges.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He had decided to go to Vṛndāvana.
He had chosen to travel through Bengal.
His purpose in taking that route was to see His mother and the river Ganges.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice about the Lord’s stated reason for traveling through Bengal?
Recall the Lord’s destination, His chosen route and His reason for choosing it.
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