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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.20
আচার্যরত্নেরে কহে নিত্যানন্দ-গোসাঞি ।
শীঘ্র যাহ তুমি অদ্বৈত-আচার্যের ঠাঞি ॥ ২০ ॥
ācāryaratnere kahe nityānanda-gosāñi
śīghra yāha tumi advaita-ācāryera ṭhāñi
As the Lord proceeded along the bank of the Ganges, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu requested Ācāryaratna [Candraśekhara Ācārya] to go immediately to the house of Advaita Ācārya.
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The Lord continued along the bank of the Ganges.
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu addressed Ācāryaratna, also identified as Candraśekhara Ācārya.
He requested Ācāryaratna to go immediately to the house of Advaita Ācārya.
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:
After accepting the sannyāsa order at Katwa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled continuously for three days in Rāḍha-deśa and, by the trick of Nityānanda Prabhu, eventually came to the western side of Śāntipura. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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