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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.38
প্রভু চলিয়াছেন বিন্দুমাধব-দরশনে ।
লক্ষ লক্ষ লোক আইসে প্রভুর মিলনে ॥ ৩৮ ॥
prabhu caliyāchena bindu-mādhava-daraśane
lakṣa lakṣa loka āise prabhura milane
At Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to see the temple of Bindu Mādhava, and many hundreds of thousands of people followed Him just to meet Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was at Prayāga.
He went to see the temple of Bindu Mādhava.
Many hundreds of thousands of people followed Him just to meet Him.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the people’s desire to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “just to meet Him.”
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