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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.25
এই তিন লোকে কৃষ্ণ কেবল–লীলাময় ।
নিজগণ লঞা খেলে অনন্ত সময় ॥ ২৫ ॥
ei tina loke kṛṣṇa kevala-līlā-maya
nija-gaṇa lañā khele ananta samaya
Only in these three places [Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula] does the all-sporting Lord Kṛṣṇa perform His endless pastimes with His personal associates.
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The all-sporting Lord Kṛṣṇa performs His pastimes only in Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.
His pastimes are endless.
Kṛṣṇa performs these pastimes with His personal associates.
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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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Read the translation slowly, then name the three places where Kṛṣṇa performs these pastimes.
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