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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.53
আগে ত’ কহিব তাহা করিয়া বিস্তার ।
এবে কহি প্ৰভুর দক্ষিণ-যাত্রা-সমাচার ॥ ৫৩ ॥
āge ta’ kahiba tāhā kariyā vistāra
ebe kahi prabhura dakṣiṇa-yātrā-samācāra
Later I shall tell about this in elaborate detail, but at present I wish to describe Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s South Indian tour.
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The narrator promises to tell about this in elaborate detail later.
For now, he sets that fuller account aside.
His present wish is to describe Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s South Indian tour.
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:
During the month of Vaiśākha, He began to tour South India. When He proposed to travel to South India alone, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu gave Him a brāhmaṇa assistant named Kṛṣṇadāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I patiently follow the narration while leaving later details for their proper time?
Before continuing your reading, note the present focus: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s South Indian tour.
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