Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 13.147
Please Return and Enliven Vṛndāvana
“My dear Kṛṣṇa, You are the life and soul of Vṛndāvana-dhāma. You are especially the life of Nanda Mahārāja. You are the only opulence in the land of Vṛndāvana, and You are very merciful. Please come and let all the residents of Vṛndāvana live. Kindly keep Your lotus feet again in Vṛndāvana.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa is the life and soul of Vṛndāvana-dhāma, especially of Nanda Mahārāja. He is its only opulence, and the appeal asks Him to return in mercy.
- Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī did not express Her personal unhappiness. She sought to evoke Kṛṣṇa’s feelings for everyone and everything in Vṛndāvana, including its birds, bees, trees and the Yamunā.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu manifested these feelings and invited Lord Jagannātha, Kṛṣṇa, to return to Vṛndāvana. This is the meaning of the Ratha-yātrā car’s journey from Jagannātha Purī to the Guṇḍicā temple.
Try this today
Read the appeal “Kindly keep Your lotus feet again in Vṛndāvana” slowly, remembering those for whom it is spoken.
Ask yourself
How does Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s appeal include the whole of Vṛndāvana?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.