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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.155
বৃন্দাবন যাবেন প্রভু শুনি’ নৃসিংহানন্দ ।
পথ সাজাইল মনে পাইয়া আনন্দ ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
vṛndāvana yābena prabhu śuni’ nṛsiṁhānanda
patha sājāila mane pāiyā ānanda
When Śrī Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī heard that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would go to Vṛndāvana, he became very pleased and mentally began decorating the way there.
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Śrī Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī heard that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would go to Vṛndāvana.
Hearing this news made him very pleased.
He began decorating the way there within his mind.
Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 16.214-215
This information is given in Ādi-līlā 10.35 and Madhya-līlā 1.155-162 and 175-226.
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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
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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 touches you about Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s joyful response?
Spend a quiet minute imagining a beautifully decorated path for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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