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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.94
ভক্তগণ উপবাসী তাহাঁই রহিলা ।
আর দিনে দুঃখী হঞা নীলাচলে আইলা ॥ ৯৪ ॥
bhakta-gaṇa upavāsī tāhāṅi rahilā
āra dine duḥkhī hañā nīlācale āilā
All the devotees remained there and fasted, and the next day they all unhappily returned to Jagannātha Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the devotees remained there after the Lord’s departure.
They fasted while they stayed.
The next day, they all unhappily returned to Jagannātha Purī.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does their unhappy return help you notice about the devotees’ feelings?
Read the translation slowly once today, pausing to consider the devotees’ unhappiness.
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