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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.16
প্রথমেই তোমা-সঙ্গে আইলা গৌড় হৈতে ।
ইঁহার ইচ্ছা আছে ‘সর্বতীর্থ’ করিতে ॥ ১৬ ॥
prathamei tomā-saṅge āilā gauḍa haite
iṅhāra icchā āche ‘sarva-tīrtha’ karite
“In the beginning, he came with You from Bengal. It is his desire to visit and see all the holy places of pilgrimage.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The proposed companion had come with the Lord from Bengal in the beginning.
He desires to visit holy places of pilgrimage.
His wish is to visit and see all those holy places.
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:
Whenever the Lord had a chance to visit a village, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would beg alms and acquire some rice and vegetables. If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What desire do I have to visit a holy place of pilgrimage?
Write down one holy place you would like to visit.
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