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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.241
বৃন্দাবন হৈতে তুমি গৌড়দেশ দিয়া ।
আমারে মিলিবা নীলাচলেতে আসিয়া ॥ ২৪১ ॥
vṛndāvana haite tumi gauḍa-deśa diyā
āmāre milibā nīlācalete āsiyā
“Later, you can go from Vṛndāvana to Jagannātha Purī through Bengal [Gauḍa-deśa]. There you will meet Me again.”
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The Lord said that Rūpa Gosvāmī could later leave Vṛndāvana for Jagannātha Purī.
The journey would take him through Bengal, or Gauḍa-deśa.
The Lord assured him that they would meet again in Jagannātha Purī.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana. The Lord Himself returned to Vārāṇasī and stayed at the home of Candraśekhara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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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.
How might the promise of meeting again bring comfort during separation?
Pause for a moment over the Lord’s assurance: “There you will meet Me again.”
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