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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.157
সেই রাত্রে দেবালয়ে করিল শয়ন ।
শেষরাত্রি হৈলে পুরী দেখিল স্বপন ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
sei rātre devālaye karila śayana
śeṣa-rātri haile purī dekhila svapana
Mādhavendra Purī took rest that night in the temple, but toward the end of the night he had another dream.
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Mādhavendra Purī stayed in the temple that night.
He took rest there.
Toward the end of the night, he had another dream.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
Again he saw in a dream that Gopāla at Govardhana Hill desired that very sandalwood to be turned into pulp mixed with camphor and smeared over the body of Gopīnāthajī. Understanding that that would satisfy the Gopāla Deity at Govardhana, Mādhavendra Purī executed the order and returned to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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What do you notice about this quiet pause in Mādhavendra Purī’s journey?
Read this translation slowly once today, noting where Mādhavendra Purī rested and when the dream occurred.
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