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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.93
নিত্যানন্দ কহে — আমার পেট না ভরিল ।
লঞা যাহ, তোর অন্ন কিছু না খাইল ॥ ৯৩ ॥
nityānanda kahe — āmāra peṭa nā bharila
lañā yāha, tora anna kichu nā khāila
Again Nityānanda Prabhu jokingly said, “My belly is not yet filled up. Please take away Your food. I have not taken the least of it.”
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Nityānanda Prabhu again spoke jokingly.
He said that His belly was not yet filled.
He asked that the food be taken away, saying He had not taken the least of it.
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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