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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.235
প্রথমেতে বৃন্দাবন–মাধুর্য বর্ণিল ।
শুনিয়া প্রভুর চিত্তে আনন্দ বাড়িল ॥ ২৩৫ ॥
prathamete vṛndāvana-mādhurya varṇila
śuniyā prabhura citte ānanda bāḍila
In the beginning Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura described the transcendental sweetness of Vṛndāvana’s pastimes. Hearing this, the Lord felt great and increasing jubilation in His heart.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura began by describing Vṛndāvana’s pastimes.
His description expressed the transcendental sweetness of those pastimes.
Hearing him, the Lord felt great jubilation in His heart. That jubilation continued to increase.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā. Therefore the son of Śacī is the son of Yaśodā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s increasing joy show me about the sweetness of Vṛndāvana’s pastimes?
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