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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.84
শুনি’ নিত্যানন্দের কথা ঠাকুর অদ্বৈত ।
কহেন তাঁহারে কিছু পাইয়া পিরীত ॥ ৮৪ ॥
śuni’ nityānandera kathā ṭhākura advaita
kahena tāṅhāre kichu pāiyā pirīta
His Divine Grace Advaita Ācārya, after hearing the statement of Nityānanda Prabhu, took the opportunity presented by the joking words and spoke to Him as follows.
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Advaita Ācārya hears the statement of Nityānanda Prabhu.
The statement presents an opportunity through its joking words.
Advaita Ācārya takes that opportunity to speak to Him in return.
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:
Advaita Prabhu asked Him to take His bath in the Ganges and took Him to His (Advaita’s) house. There all the Navadvīpa devotees, along with mother Śacīdevī, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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