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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.286
সেই দিন গদাধর কৈল নিমন্ত্রণ ।
তাহাঁ ভিক্ষা কৈল প্রভু লঞা ভক্তগণ ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
sei dina gadādhara kaila nimantraṇa
tāhāṅ bhikṣā kaila prabhu lañā bhakta-gaṇa
That day Gadādhara Paṇḍita extended an invitation to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and the Lord took His lunch at his place with the other devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita extended an invitation to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that day.
The Lord accepted and took His lunch at Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s place.
The other devotees joined the Lord for lunch.
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.
How can I offer simple hospitality to devotees?
Invite a devotee to share a meal with you.
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