CC Madhya 16.245-246
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.