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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.267
তবু আমি শুনিলুঁ মাত্র, না কৈলুঁ অবধান ।
প্রাতে চলি’ আইলাঙ ‘কানাইর নাটশালা’-গ্রাম ॥ ২৬৭ ॥
tabu āmi śuniluṅ mātra, nā kailuṅ avadhāna
prāte cali’ āilāṅa ‘kānāira nāṭaśālā’-grāma
“Although I heard this, I did not pay it any attention, and in the morning I went to the place named Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker had heard the advice but did not pay attention to it.
Hearing the words did not immediately change His course.
In the morning, He went to the place named Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
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:
From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples. Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Have I heard useful advice recently without giving it attention?
Recall one piece of advice you have heard, and give it a minute of careful attention today.
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