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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.51
তাতে বসি’ আছে সদা ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ।
‘শ্রীগোবিন্দ–দেব’ নাম সাক্ষাৎ মদন ॥ ৫১ ॥
tāte vasi’ āche sadā vrajendra-nandana
‘śrī-govinda-deva’ nāma sākṣāt madana
On that throne sits the son of Nanda Mahārāja, Śrī Govindadeva, the transcendental Cupid.
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Śrī Govindadeva sits on that throne.
He is the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
He is described as the transcendental Cupid.
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:
When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “nanda”
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