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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.49
সেই সব লীলার শুনিতে বিবরণ ।
বৃন্দাবনবাসী ভক্তের উৎকণ্ঠিত মন ॥ ৪৯ ॥
sei saba līlāra śunite vivaraṇa
vṛndāvana-vāsī bhaktera utkaṇṭhita mana
The devotees of Vṛndāvana were all very anxious to hear those pastimes.
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The devotees of Vṛndāvana wanted to hear those pastimes.
They were all very anxious to hear them.
Their desire to hear was shared and eager.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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:
Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata. Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the devotees’ eagerness encourage your own desire to hear?
Set aside a few quiet minutes today to hear or read the pastimes with attention.
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