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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.12
সেতুবন্ধ হৈতে আমি না আসি যাবৎ ।
নীলাচলে তুমি সব রহিবে তাবৎ ॥ ১২ ॥
setubandha haite āmi nā āsi yāvat
nīlācale tumi saba rahibe tāvat
“Until I return from Setubandha, all of you dear friends should remain at Jagannātha Purī.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He addresses those with Him as dear friends.
He asks all of them to remain at Jagannātha Purī.
They are to stay there until He returns from Setubandha.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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 accepted the renounced order of life in the month of Māgha (January-February) and went to Jagannātha Purī in the month of Phālguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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