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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.62
কিবা প্রার্থনা, কিবা আজ্ঞা — কেহ না বুঝিল ।
আলিঙ্গন করি’ প্রভু তাঁরে বিদায় দিল ॥ ৬২ ॥
kibā prārthanā, kibā ājñā — keha nā bujhila
āliṅgana kari’ prabhu tāṅre vidāya dila
No one knew what Advaita Ācārya requested or what the Lord ordered. After embracing the Ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade Him farewell.
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No one knew what Advaita Ācārya had requested.
No one knew what the Lord had ordered in response.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced the Ācārya and then bade Him farewell.
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 bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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In this verse: “embraced”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I appreciate in this farewell even without knowing the request or order?
Offer someone a warm farewell today, remembering the care expressed in the Lord’s embrace.
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