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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.71
ভক্তগণ-সঙ্গে অবশ্য করিব মিলন ।
ভক্তগণে সঙ্গে লঞা যাব ‘বৃন্দাবন’ ॥ ৭১ ॥
bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge avaśya kariba milana
bhakta-gaṇe saṅge lañā yāba ‘vṛndāvana’
“I thought that once again I would see and meet all the devotees and take them with Me to Vṛndāvana.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had thought of seeing all the devotees again.
He wanted to meet them personally once more.
His intention was to take them with Him to Vṛndāvana.
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:
If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you appreciate about the wish to meet devotees and travel with them?
Reach out to a devotee you would like to meet again.
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