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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.50
বৃন্দাবনে কল্পদ্রুমে সুবর্ণ–সদন ।
মহা–যোগপীঠ তাহাঁ, রত্ন–সিংহাসন ॥ ৫০ ॥
vṛndāvane kalpa-drume suvarṇa-sadana
mahā-yogapīṭha tāhāṅ, ratna-siṁhāsana
In Vṛndāvana, in a great place of pilgrimage underneath the desire trees, is a golden throne bedecked with jewels.
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In Vṛndāvana there is a great place of pilgrimage.
A golden throne stands there underneath the desire trees.
The throne is bedecked with jewels.
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.
Which detail of this place in Vṛndāvana draws your attention most?
Read the translation slowly and spend a moment picturing the golden, jeweled throne beneath the desire trees.
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