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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.17
সর্বোপরি শ্রীগোকুল—ব্রজলোক–ধাম ।
শ্রীগোলোক, শ্বেতদ্বীপ, বৃন্দাবন নাম ॥ ১৭ ॥
sarvopari śrī-gokula — vrajaloka-dhāma
śrī-goloka, śvetadvīpa, vṛndāvana nāma
Śrī Gokula, the highest of all, is also called Vraja, Goloka, Śvetadvīpa and Vṛndāvana.
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Śrī Gokula is described as the highest of all.
Vraja and Goloka are names for Śrī Gokula.
Śvetadvīpa and Vṛndāvana also name this same abode.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
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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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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”, “vraja”
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Write down Śrī Gokula and its four other names together.
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