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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.34
প্রভু কহে, — নিত্যানন্দ আমারে বঞ্চিলা ।
গঙ্গাকে আনিয়া মোরে যমুনা কহিলা ॥ ৩৪ ॥
prabhu kahe, — nityānanda āmāre vañcilā
gaṅgāke āniyā more yamunā kahilā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “Nityānanda has cheated Me. He has brought Me to the bank of the Ganges and told Me that it was the Yamunā.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that Nityānanda had cheated Him.
Nityānanda had brought Him to the bank of the Ganges.
Nityānanda had told Him that the river was the Yamunā.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “yamunā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What difference did the Lord point out between Nityānanda’s words and where He had been brought?
Read the Lord’s words slowly, noting which river He named and which river Nityānanda had named.
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