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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.138
নদীয়া-নগরের লোক — স্ত্রী-বালক-বৃদ্ধ ।
সব লোক আইলা, হৈল সংঘট্ট সমৃদ্ধ ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
nadīyā-nagarera loka — strī-bālaka-vṛddha
saba loka āilā, haila saṅghaṭṭa samṛddha
In this way, all the people of the town of Nadia — including all women, boys and old men — came there. Thus the crowd increased.
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All the people of the town of Nadia came there.
The gathering included women, boys and old men.
As the people arrived, the crowd increased.
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:
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. In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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