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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.257
এত মতে করি’ কৈলুঁ গৌড়েরে গমন ।
সহস্রেক সঙ্গে হৈল নিজ-ভক্তগণ ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
eta mate kari’ kailuṅ gauḍere gamana
sahasreka saṅge haila nija-bhakta-gaṇa
“Thus I went to Bengal, but thousands of devotees began to follow Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He went to Bengal.
Thousands of devotees began to follow Him.
His journey was therefore not a solitary one.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about so many devotees wanting to follow Him?
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