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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.83
অতিকাল হৈল, লোক ছাড়িয়া না যায় ।
তবে নিত্যানন্দ-গোসাঞি সৃজিলা উপায় ॥ ৮৩ ॥
atikāla haila, loka chāḍiyā nā yāya
tabe nityānanda-gosāñi sṛjilā upāya
Seeing that it was already getting late, Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, the spiritual master, invented a means to disperse the crowd.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu noticed that it was already getting late.
He is identified here as the spiritual master.
He devised a means to disperse the crowd.
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:
Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa. The Lord began chanting the mantra “ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he. ” In whatever village He spent the night, whenever a person came to see Him in His shelter, the Lord implored him to preach the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I notice when it is time to bring a gathering to a close?
At one gathering today, pay attention to the time and help it end considerately.
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