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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.80
সেই রাত্র্যে জগন্নাথ-বলাই আসিয়া ।
দুই-ভাই চড়া’ন তাঁরে হাসিয়া হাসিয়া ॥ ৮০ ॥
sei rātrye jagannātha-balāi āsiyā
dui-bhāi caḍā’na tāṅre hāsiyā hāsiyā
That night the brothers Lord Jagannātha and Balarāma came to Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi and, smiling, began to slap him.
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That night, Lord Jagannātha and Balarāma came to Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi.
The verse describes Lord Jagannātha and Balarāma as brothers.
They were smiling as they began to slap him.
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:
Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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