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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.6
তাঁহা বিনা এই রাজ্য মোরে নাহি ভায় ।
গোসাঞি রাখিতে করহ নানা উপায় ॥ ৬ ॥
tāṅhā vinā ei rājya more nāhi bhāya
gosāñi rākhite karaha nānā upāya
“Without Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, this kingdom is not pleasing to me. Therefore please try to devise some plan to enable the Lord to stay here.”
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The King said that without Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his kingdom was not pleasing to him.
His pleasure in the kingdom depended on the Lord’s presence.
He therefore asked for a plan that would enable the Lord to stay.
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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions. In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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In this verse: “depended”
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What does the King’s statement reveal about what mattered most to him?
Pause today to reflect on the words “Without Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, this kingdom is not pleasing to me.”
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