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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.255
ষোড়শে — বৃন্দাবনযাত্রা গৌড়দেশ-পথে ।
পুনঃ নীলাচলে আইলা, নাটশালা হৈতে ॥ ২৫৫ ॥
ṣoḍaśe — vṛndāvana-yātrā gauḍa-deśa-pathe
punaḥ nīlācale āilā, nāṭaśālā haite
In the sixteenth chapter I have described how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu departed for Vṛndāvana and journeyed through Bengal. He later returned to Jagannātha Purī from Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
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The sixteenth chapter describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s departure for Vṛndāvana.
He journeyed through Bengal.
He later returned to Jagannātha Purī from Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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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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