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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.56
বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিয়াছেন দাস-বৃন্দাবন ।
শ্রীবাস প্রভুরে তবে কৈল নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ৫৬ ॥
vistāri’ varṇiyāchena dāsa-vṛndāvana
śrīvāsa prabhure tabe kaila nimantraṇa
All these episodes have been elaborately described by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. Then one day Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura extended an invitation to the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura elaborately described these episodes. The translation then mentions Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s invitation to the Lord.
The purport describes Advaita Ācārya’s wish that Caitanya Mahāprabhu would come alone, so he could feed Him to His great satisfaction.
A big rainstorm prevented the other sannyāsīs from reaching Advaita Ācārya’s house. According to Advaita Ācārya’s desire, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came alone and accepted the prasādam.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of this chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I offer service, how much attention do I give to the recipient’s satisfaction?
Before one act of service today, pause and consider how to make it genuinely satisfying for the recipient.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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