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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.251
প্রভু জানেন — দিন পাঁচ-সাত সে রহিব ।
সন্ন্যাসীর সঙ্গে ভিক্ষা কাহাঁ না করিব ॥ ২৫১ ॥
prabhu jānena — dina pāṅca-sāta se rahiba
sannyāsīra saṅge bhikṣā kāhāṅ nā kariba
It was known to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that He would remain there only five or seven days. He would not accept any invitation that involved Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu knew how long He would remain there.
His stay would last only five or seven days.
He would not accept any invitation that involved Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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What does this verse show about the Lord’s care in accepting invitations?
Note the two considerations stated here: the length of the Lord’s stay and the invitations He would not accept.
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