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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.71
আর যত বৃন্দাবনে বৈসে ভক্তগণ ।
শেষ–লীলা শুনিতে সবার হৈল মন ॥ ৭১ ॥
āra yata vṛndāvane baise bhakta-gaṇa
śeṣa-līlā śunite sabāra haila mana
In Vṛndāvana there were also many other great devotees, all of whom desired to hear the last pastimes of Lord Caitanya.
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Many other great devotees were also present in Vṛndāvana.
All of them desired to hear about Lord Caitanya.
They especially wished to hear His last pastimes.
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:
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. In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote 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 can you give more attention to the desire to hear Lord Caitanya’s pastimes?
Set aside a few minutes today to read about Lord Caitanya’s last pastimes.
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