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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.16
তাহার উপরিভাগে ‘কৃষ্ণলোক’–খ্যাতি ।
দ্বারকা–মথুরা–গোকুল—ত্রিবিধত্বে স্থিতি ॥ ১৬ ॥
tāhāra upari-bhāge ‘kṛṣṇa-loka’-khyāti
dvārakā-mathurā-gokula — tri-vidhatve sthiti
In the highest region of that spiritual sky is the spiritual planet called Kṛṣṇaloka. It has three divisions — Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.
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Kṛṣṇaloka is a spiritual planet.
It is situated in the highest region of the spiritual sky.
Its three divisions are Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula. In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Write “Kṛṣṇaloka” and list its three divisions beneath it: Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.
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