CC Madhya 16.245-246

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Madhya-līlā 16.244 - Madhya-līlā 16.247

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 245-246

ihāṅ prabhu ekatra kari' saba bhakta-gaṇa

advaita-nityānandādi yata bhakta-jana

sabā āliṅgana kari' kahena gosāñi

sabe ājñā deha'—āmi nīlācale yāi

SYNONYMS

ihāṅ—here (at Śāntipura); prabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ekatra kari '—assembling in one place; saba bhakta-gaṇa—all the devotees; advaita-nityānanda-ādi—headed by Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu; yata bhakta-jana—all the devotees; sabā āliṅgana kari '—embracing every one of them; kahena gosāñi—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; sabe—all of you; ājñā deha '—just give Me permission; āmi—I; nīlācale—to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī; yāi—may go.

TRANSLATION

Meanwhile, at Śāntipura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu assembled all His devotees—headed by Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu—embraced them all and asked their permission to return to Jagannātha Purī.

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