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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.31
তবে সেই দুই চর রূপ-ঠাঞি আইল ।
‘বৃন্দাবন চলিলা প্রভু’ — আসিয়া কহিল ॥ ৩১ ॥
tabe sei dui cara rūpa-ṭhāñi āila
‘vṛndāvana calilā prabhu’ — āsiyā kahila
The two persons who went to Jagannātha Purī to inquire about the Lord’s departure returned and informed Rūpa Gosvāmī that the Lord had already departed for Vṛndāvana.
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Two persons had gone to Jagannātha Purī to inquire about the Lord’s departure.
They returned and reported their news to Rūpa Gosvāmī.
They informed him that the Lord had already departed for 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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Do I take care to inquire before passing news to others?
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