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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.297
বিষয় ছাড়িয়া তুমি যাহ নীলাচলে ।
আমি তীর্থ করি’ তাঁহা আসিব অল্পকালে ॥ ২৯৭ ॥
viṣaya chāḍiyā tumi yāha nīlācale
āmi tīrtha kari’ tāṅhā āsiba alpa-kāle
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told him, “Give up all material engagements and come to Jagannātha Purī. I will return there very soon after finishing My tour and pilgrimage.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Rāmānanda Rāya to give up all material engagements.
He instructed him to come to Jagannātha Purī.
The Lord said He would return there very soon after finishing His tour and pilgrimage.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī. These descriptions of the meetings between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are taken from the notebook of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s instruction ask Rāmānanda Rāya to leave behind, and where does it ask him to go?
Set aside one nonessential material activity briefly today to reflect on the Lord’s instruction.
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