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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.4
মাঘ-শুক্লপক্ষে প্রভু করিল সন্ন্যাস ।
ফাল্গুনে আসিয়া কৈল নীলাচলে বাস ॥ ৪ ॥
māgha-śukla-pakṣe prabhu karila sannyāsa
phālgune āsiyā kaila nīlācale vāsa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order during the waxing fortnight of the month of Māgha. During the following month, Phālguna, He went to Jagannātha Purī and resided there.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order during the month of Māgha.
He did so during the waxing fortnight of that month.
During the following month, Phālguna, He went to Jagannātha Purī and resided there.
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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How does following this sequence help you remember the Lord’s movements?
Write a two-step timeline: renunciation in Māgha, then residence in Jagannātha Purī in Phālguna.
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