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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.33
তাঁর লাগি’ গোপীনাথ ক্ষীর চুরি কৈল ।
মহাপ্ৰভুর মুখে আগে এ কথা শুনিল ॥ ৩৩ ॥
tāṅra lāgi’ gopīnātha kṣīra curi kaila
mahāprabhura mukhe āge e kathā śunila
It was Gopīnātha who stole condensed milk for the sake of Mādhavendra Purī. This incident had been previously related by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself.
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Gopīnātha stole condensed milk.
He did so for the sake of Mādhavendra Purī.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself had previously related this incident.
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:
This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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