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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.167
পরমানন্দপুরী তাহাঁ রহে চতুর্মাস ।
শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু গেলা পুরী-গোসাঞির পাশ ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
paramānanda-purī tāhāṅ rahe catur-māsa
śuni’ mahāprabhu gelā purī-gosāñira pāśa
Paramānanda Purī had stayed at Ṛṣabha Hill during the four months of the rainy season, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this, He immediately went to see him.
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Paramānanda Purī had stayed at Ṛṣabha Hill during the four months of the rainy season.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard that he had been staying there.
Upon hearing this, the Lord immediately went to see him.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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 leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the Lord’s immediate eagerness to visit Paramānanda Purī?
Make time today to contact someone whose company you value, rather than putting it off.
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