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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.282
এই আগে আইলা, প্রভু, বর্ষার চারি মাস ।
এই চারি মাস কর নীলাচলে বাস ॥ ২৮২ ॥
ei āge āilā, prabhu, varṣāra cāri māsa
ei cāri māsa kara nīlācale vāsa
Taking this opportunity, Gadādhara Paṇḍita said, “Just now the four months of the rainy season have begun. You should therefore spend the next four months in Jagannātha Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita took the opportunity to offer advice.
He noted that the four months of the rainy season had just begun.
He advised the Lord to spend those four months in Jagannātha Purī.
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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Review one upcoming travel plan in light of the weather and season.
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