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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.99
মিশ্র কহে, — ‘প্রভু, যাবৎ কাশীতে রহিবা ।
মোর নিমন্ত্রণ বিনা অন্য না মানিবা ॥’ ৯৯ ॥
miśra kahe, — ‘prabhu, yāvat kāśīte rahibā
mora nimantraṇa vinā anya nā mānibā’
Tapana Miśra then said, “My dear Lord, as long as You stay at Vārāṇasī, please do not accept any invitation other than mine.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Tapana Miśra addressed the Lord warmly as “My dear Lord.”
He asked the Lord to accept only his invitation while staying at Vārāṇasī.
His request extended throughout the Lord’s stay, not just to one occasion.
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:
After taking His bath at the Maṇikarṇikā-ghāṭa at Vārāṇasī, He met Tapana Miśra, who took the Lord to his place and respectfully gave Him a comfortable residence. At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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