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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.203
মথুরা আসিয়া রায় প্রভুবার্তা পাইল ।
প্রভুর লাগ না পাঞা মনে বড় দুঃখ হৈল ॥ ২০৩ ॥
mathurā āsiyā rāya prabhu-vārtā pāila
prabhura lāga nā pāñā mane baḍa duḥkha haila
After reaching Mathurā, Subuddhi Rāya received information of the Lord’s itinerary. He became very unhappy because he was not able to contact the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Subuddhi Rāya reached Mathurā and received information about the Lord’s itinerary.
He was unable to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and became very unhappy.
His sorrow shows how much he valued meeting the Lord.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then describes something about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Subuddhi Rāya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Subuddhi Rāya’s unhappiness reveal about what mattered to him?
Write one sentence about why meeting the Lord mattered so deeply to Subuddhi Rāya.
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