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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.17
বৃন্দাবনপথ প্রভু পুছেন তোমারে ।
গঙ্গাতীর-পথ তবে দেখাইহ তাঁরে ॥ ১৭ ॥
vṛndāvana-patha prabhu puchena tomāre
gaṅgā-tīra-patha tabe dekhāiha tāṅre
“If Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks you about the path to Vṛndāvana, please show Him the path on the bank of the Ganges instead.”
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The instruction concerns what to do if Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks about the path to Vṛndāvana.
He is to be shown the path on the bank of the Ganges.
The requested direction is toward the Ganges rather than toward Vṛndāvana.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā. When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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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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