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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.43
সিংহদ্বার-নিকটে আইলা শুনি’ গৌররায় ।
আপনে আসিয়া প্রভু মিলিলা সবায় ॥ ৪৩ ॥
siṁha-dvāra-nikaṭe āilā śuni’ gaurarāya
āpane āsiyā prabhu mililā sabāya
When the devotees finally reached the lion gate, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the news and personally went to meet them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees finally reached the lion gate.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the news of their arrival.
He personally went to meet them.
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:
When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands. 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.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 give someone a more personal welcome?
Personally greet someone who arrives today.
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