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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.11
রূপ-গোসাঞি নীলাচলে পাঠাইল দুইজন ।
প্রভু যবে বৃন্দাবন করেন গমন ॥ ১১ ॥
rūpa-gosāñi nīlācale pāṭhāila dui-jana
prabhu yabe vṛndāvana karena gamana
Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would depart for Vṛndāvana.
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Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī sent two people to Jagannātha Purī.
Their task was to find out when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would depart.
The departure they were asking about was His journey to Vṛndāvana.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He was informed that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to Vṛndāvana from Jagannātha Purī through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand); therefore he sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when the Lord would leave for Vṛndāvana. In this way Rūpa Gosvāmī retired, but Sanātana Gosvāmī told the Nawab that he was sick and could not attend to his work.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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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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How did Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī act on his wish to know the departure time?
Write down the specific information the two people were sent to obtain.
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