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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.104
গোদাবরীতীর-বনে বৃন্দাবন-ভ্রম ।
রামানন্দ রায় সহ তাহাঞি মিলন ॥ ১০৪ ॥
godāvarī-tīra-vane vṛndāvana-bhrama
rāmānanda rāya saha tāhāñi milana
Once the Lord mistook the forest on the bank of the river Godāvarī to be Vṛndāvana. In that place He happened to meet Rāmānanda Rāya.
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The Lord saw a forest on the bank of the river Godāvarī.
He mistook that forest to be Vṛndāvana.
In that place, He happened to meet Rāmānanda Rāya.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
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 draws your attention in this brief account of the Lord beside the Godāvarī?
Read the translation slowly, noting the forest, the river Godāvarī and the meeting with Rāmānanda Rāya.
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