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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.171
প্রভু কহে, — তুমি পুনঃ আইস নীলাচলে ।
আমি সেতুবন্ধ হৈতে আসিব অল্পকালে ॥ ১৭১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — tumi punaḥ āisa nīlācale
āmi setubandha haite āsiba alpa-kāle
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then told him, “Please return to Jagannātha Purī, for I will return there very soon from Rāmeśvara [Setubandha].
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked him to return to Jagannātha Purī.
The Lord said He would return there very soon.
He would return from Rāmeśvara, also called Setubandha.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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