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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.85
আর দুই বৎসর চাহে বৃন্দাবন যাইতে ।
রামানন্দ-হঠে প্রভু না পারে চলিতে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
āra dui vatsara cāhe vṛndāvana yāite
rāmānanda-haṭhe prabhu nā pāre calite
The other two years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, but He could not leave Jagannātha Purī because of Rāmānanda Rāya’s tricks.
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During the other two years, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana.
He could not leave Jagannātha Purī.
The translation attributes this delay to Rāmānanda Rāya’s tricks.
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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Can I distinguish Mahāprabhu’s desired destination from the place where He remained?
Write down the two places and their roles: Vṛndāvana was His desired destination; Jagannātha Purī was where He remained.
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