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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.76
এইমত সব বৈষ্ণব গৌড়ে চলিলা ।
বিদ্যানিধি সে বৎসর নীলাদ্রি রহিলা ॥ ৭৬ ॥
ei-mata saba vaiṣṇava gauḍe calilā
vidyānidhi se vatsara nīlādri rahilā
Finally all the Vaiṣṇavas returned to Bengal, but that year Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi remained at Jagannātha Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Finally, the Vaiṣṇavas returned to Bengal.
Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī.
The verse specifically notes that he stayed there that year.
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:
In that year also, the Guṇḍicā temple was cleansed, and when the Cāturmāsya period was over, all the devotees returned to their homes in Bengal. Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What detail about Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi's stay stands out to me?
Recall who remained at Jagannātha Purī while the other Vaiṣṇavas returned to Bengal.
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