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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.5
নীলাদ্রি ছাড়ি’ প্ৰভুর মন অন্যত্র যাইতে ।
তোমরা করহ যত্ন তাঁহারে রাখিতে ॥ ৫ ॥
nīlādri chāḍi’ prabhura mana anyatra yāite
tomarā karaha yatna tāṅhāre rākhite
Pratāparudra Mahārāja said, “Please endeavor to keep Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu here at Jagannātha Purī, for now He is thinking of going elsewhere.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Pratāparudra Mahārāja asked that efforts be made to keep Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.
He made his appeal with the words “Please endeavor.”
His request arose because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was thinking of going elsewhere.
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:
Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana. When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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