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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.23
মুকুন্দ কহে, — ‘মহাপ্রভু সন্ন্যাস করিয়া ।
নীলাচলে আইলা সঙ্গে আমা-সবা লঞা ॥ ২৩ ॥
mukunda kahe, — ‘mahāprabhu sannyāsa kariyā
nīlācale āilā saṅge āmā-sabā lañā
Mukunda Datta continued, “After accepting the sannyāsa order, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu has come to Jagannātha Purī and has brought all of us with Him.
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Mukunda Datta continued his account of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
After accepting the sannyāsa order, the Lord had come to Jagannātha Purī.
Mukunda Datta said that the Lord had brought all of them with Him.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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