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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.35
এইমত চলি’ চলি’ কটক আইলা ।
সাক্ষিগোপাল দেখি’ সবে সে দিন রহিলা ॥ ৩৫ ॥
ei-mata cali’ cali’ kaṭaka āilā
sākṣi-gopāla dekhi’ sabe se dina rahilā
Walking and walking in this way, the devotees arrived at the city of Kaṭaka, where they remained for a day and saw the temple of Sākṣi-gopāla.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees continued walking until they reached the city of Kaṭaka.
They remained in Kaṭaka for one day.
During their stay, they saw the temple of Sākṣi-gopāla.
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:
In that year also, the Guṇḍicā temple was cleansed, and when the Cāturmāsya period was over, all the devotees returned to their homes in Bengal. Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year.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 you make time to visit a temple amid your daily activities?
Set aside a time today to plan a temple visit.
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