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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.7
রামানন্দ, সার্বভৌম, দুইজনা-স্থানে ।
তবে যুক্তি করে প্রভু — ‘যাব বৃন্দাবনে’ ॥ ৭ ॥
rāmānanda, sārvabhauma, dui-janā-sthāne
tabe yukti kare prabhu — ‘yāba vṛndāvane’
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself consulted Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, saying, “I shall go to Vṛndāvana.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself consulted Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
He spoke to them about His intended journey.
He clearly stated, “I shall go to Vṛndāvana.”
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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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.
What can you learn from the Lord’s choice to discuss His intention with others?
Before carrying out one plan today, discuss it clearly with someone involved.
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