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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.147
সেই তিন সঙ্গে চলে, প্রভু নিষেধিল ।
দূর হৈতে তিনজনে ঘরে পাঠাইল ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
sei tina saṅge cale, prabhu niṣedhila
dūra haite tina-jane ghare pāṭhāila
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Mathurā, all three devotees started to go with Him. But the Lord forbade them to accompany Him, and from a distance He asked them to return home.
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When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Mathurā, all three devotees began to go with Him.
The Lord forbade them to accompany Him.
From a distance, He asked them to return home.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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What stands out to you about the devotees’ wish to accompany the Lord and His instruction to return?
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