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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.286
শুনিয়া চলিলা প্রভু তাঁরে দেখিবারে ।
বিপ্রগৃহে বসি’ আছেন, দেখিলা তাঁহারে ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
śuniyā calilā prabhu tāṅre dekhibāre
vipra-gṛhe vasi’ āchena, dekhilā tāṅhāre
Hearing this news, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately went to see Śrī Raṅga Purī at the brāhmaṇa’s home. Upon entering, the Lord saw him sitting there.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
On hearing the news, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately went to see Śrī Raṅga Purī.
The Lord went to the brāhmaṇa’s home to meet him.
Upon entering, the Lord saw Śrī Raṅga Purī sitting there.
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:
At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I make time to meet devotees when an opportunity comes?
Take one small step today to arrange a visit or conversation with a devotee.
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