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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.117
অনেক দিন তুমি মোরে বেড়াইলে ভাণ্ডিয়া ।
ঘরেতে পাঞাছি, এবে রাখিব বান্ধিয়া ॥ ১১৭ ॥
aneka dina tumi more beḍāile bhāṇḍiyā
gharete pāñāchi, ebe rākhiba bāndhiyā
Śrī Advaita Ācārya would say, “Many days You escaped Me by bluffing. Now I have You in My home, and I will keep You bound up.”
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Śrī Advaita Ācārya said that the Lord had escaped Him for many days by bluffing.
Now He had the Lord in His home.
He declared that He would keep the Lord bound up.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
This house was located at Śāntipura. Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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What feeling do you hear in Advaita Ācārya’s determination to keep the Lord with Him?
Read this declaration slowly and spend a moment reflecting on Advaita Ācārya’s desire for the Lord to remain.
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