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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.97
উড়িয়া-ভক্তগণে প্রভু যত্নে নিবারিলা ।
নিজগণ-সঙ্গে প্রভু ‘ভবানীপুর’ আইলা ॥ ৯৭ ॥
uḍiyā-bhakta-gaṇe prabhu yatne nivārilā
nija-gaṇa-saṅge prabhu ‘bhavānīpura’ āilā
With great care Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade the Orissan devotees to follow Him. Then, accompanied by His personal associates, He first went to Bhavānīpura.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
With great care, Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade the Orissan devotees to follow Him.
Accompanied by His personal associates, He first went to Bhavānīpura.
One goes through Bhavānīpura before reaching the well-known place named Jānkādei-pura, or Jānakīdevī-pura.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhavānīpura”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I show care when I need to ask someone not to accompany me?
If you need to decline someone’s company today, explain your request gently and carefully.
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