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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.221
দিন দশ রহি’ রূপ গৌড়ে যাত্রা কৈল ।
সনাতন-রূপের এই চরিত্র কহিল ॥ ২২১ ॥
dina daśa rahi’ rūpa gauḍe yātrā kaila
sanātana-rūpera ei caritra kahila
After staying in Vārāṇasī for about ten days, Rūpa Gosvāmī returned to Bengal. In this way I have described the activities of Rūpa and Sanātana.
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Rūpa Gosvāmī stayed in Vārāṇasī for about ten days.
After that stay, he returned to Bengal.
The narrator closes this account by saying that he has described the activities of Rūpa and Sanātana.
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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What do you remember most clearly from the account of Rūpa Gosvāmī’s stay in Vārāṇasī?
Write one sentence summarizing Rūpa Gosvāmī’s stay and return to Bengal.
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