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.

Madhya-līlā 16.244 - Madhya-līlā 16.247