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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.51
শ্রীউদ্ধব-দাস, আর মাধব — দুইজন ।
শ্রীগোপাল-দাস, আর দাস-নারায়ণ ॥ ৫১ ॥
śrī-uddhava-dāsa, āra mādhava — dui-jana
śrī-gopāla-dāsa, āra dāsa-nārāyaṇa
He was also accompanied by Śrī Uddhava dāsa, Mādhava, Śrī Gopāla dāsa and Nārāyaṇa dāsa.
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Śrī Uddhava dāsa was also among his companions.
Mādhava and Śrī Gopāla dāsa accompanied him as well.
Nārāyaṇa dāsa is also named among those who accompanied him.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
When some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa. Their mistake was corrected by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Write down the four names in this verse and read them once.
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