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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.3
শরৎকাল হৈল, প্রভুর চলিতে হৈল মতি ।
রামানন্দ-স্বরূপ-সঙ্গে নিভৃতে যুকতি ॥ ৩ ॥
śarat-kāla haila, prabhura calite haila mati
rāmānanda-svarūpa-saṅge nibhṛte yukati
When autumn arrived, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu decided to go to Vṛndāvana. In a solitary place, He consulted with Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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When autumn arrived, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu decided to go to Vṛndāvana.
He consulted with Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Their consultation took place in a solitary place.
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 Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī selected a brāhmaṇa named Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya to personally assist Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Early in the morning before sunrise, the Lord started for the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttack).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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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