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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.21
প্রেমনেত্রে দেখে তার স্বরূপ–প্রকাশ ।
গোপ–গোপীসঙ্গে যাঁহা কৃষ্ণের বিলাস ॥ ২১ ॥
prema-netre dekhe tāra svarūpa-prakāśa
gopa-gopī-saṅge yāṅhā kṛṣṇera vilāsa
But with the eyes of love of Godhead one can see its real identity as the place where Lord Kṛṣṇa performs His pastimes with the cowherd boys and cowherd girls.
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With the eyes of love of Godhead, one can see the abode’s real identity.
It is the place where Lord Kṛṣṇa performs His pastimes.
Kṛṣṇa performs these pastimes with the cowherd boys and cowherd girls.
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:
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the absolute Personality of Godhead, and His first expansion in a form for pastimes is Śrī Balarāma. Beyond the limitation of this material world is the spiritual sky, paravyoma, which has many spiritual planets, the supreme of which is called Kṛṣṇaloka.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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: “cowherd”
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What does seeing with the eyes of love of Godhead mean to you as you read this description?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the abode as the place of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with the cowherd boys and cowherd girls.
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