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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.276
ভক্তগণে রাখিয়া আইনু নিজ নিজ স্থানে ।
আমা-সঙ্গে আইলা সবে পাঁচ-ছয় জনে ॥ ২৭৬ ॥
bhakta-gaṇe rākhiyā āinu nija nija sthāne
āmā-saṅge āilā sabe pāṅca-chaya jane
“I then left all the devotees there and brought only five or six persons with Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker left the devotees where they were.
He brought only five or six persons with Him.
He continued with a small group rather than 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.
When might it be helpful to continue a task with only a few companions?
For one task today, consider how many companions or helpers are actually needed.
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