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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.5
পূর্ণ ভগবান্ কৃষ্ণ ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ।
গোলোকে ব্রজের সহ নিত্য বিহার ॥ ৫ ॥
pūrṇa bhagavān kṛṣṇa vrajendra-kumāra
goloke vrajera saha nitya vihāra
Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme Lord. He eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His eternal abode, Goloka, which includes Vrajadhāma.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vrajendra, the King of Vraja, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with six opulences.
He eternally enjoys transcendentally variegated opulences and pastimes in His eternal abode, Goloka, which includes Vrajadhāma.
His eternal pastimes are called aprakaṭa, or unmanifested, because they are beyond the purview of conditioned souls. Kṛṣṇa is always present everywhere, even when He is not before our eyes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, after displaying His pastimes as Lord Kṛṣṇa, thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain personally the transcendental mellows of reciprocal service and love exchanged between Himself and His servants, friends, parents and fiancées. According to the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational duty for humanity in this Age of Kali is nāma-saṅkīrtana, or congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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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: “vraja”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa is always present affect my understanding of His being unseen?
Pause once today and recall: Kṛṣṇa is always present everywhere, even when I cannot see Him.
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