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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.232
সে সব পাইনু আমি বৃন্দাবনে আয় ।
সেই সব লভ্য এই প্রভুর কৃপ্রায় ॥ ২৩২ ॥
se saba pāinu āmi vṛndāvane āya
sei saba labhya ei prabhura kṛpāya
I have attained all this by coming to Vṛndāvana, and this was made possible by the mercy of Lord Nityānanda.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author attributes all he attained in Vṛndāvana to Lord Nityānanda’s mercy.
All the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana are Vaiṣṇavas and are all-auspicious because they chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name. Though some do not strictly follow devotional rules and regulations, on the whole they are devotees of Kṛṣṇa.
Even greetings in the street include the name of Rādhā or Kṛṣṇa. Whether purposely or without purpose, such chanting makes them directly or indirectly auspicious.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
This was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. But on that very night Lord Nityānanda Prabhu Himself graced Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī in a dream and ordered him to leave on the next day for Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”, “holy name”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make more room for Kṛṣṇa’s holy name in my everyday speech?
Take a brief pause today to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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