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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 Antya 20.123
চতুর্দশে — দিব্যোন্মাদ-আরম্ভ বর্ণন ।
‘শরীর’ এথা প্রভুর, ‘মন’ গেলা বৃন্দাবন ॥ ১২৩ ॥
caturdaśe — divyonmāda-ārambha varṇana
‘śarīra’ ethā prabhura, ‘mana’ gelā vṛndāvana
The fourteenth chapter describes the beginning of the Lord’s spiritual trance, in which His body was at Jagannātha Purī but His mind was in Vṛndāvana.
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The fourteenth chapter describes the beginning of the Lord’s spiritual trance.
His body was at Jagannātha Purī.
His mind was in Vṛndāvana, even while His body remained at Jagannātha Purī.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the contrast between the Lord’s bodily location and His mind’s location help you notice?
Read the verse slowly, giving special attention to its description of the Lord’s spiritual trance.
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