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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.161
নিশ্চয় করিয়া কহি, শুন, ভক্তগণ ।
এবার না যাবেন প্রভু শ্রীবৃন্দাবন ॥ ১৬১ ॥
niścaya kariyā kahi, śuna, bhakta-gaṇa
ebāra nā yābena prabhu śrī-vṛndāvana
With great assurance he then told the devotees that Lord Caitanya would not go to Vṛndāvana at that time.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Although he had no material wealth, he began constructing a very attractive road within his mind for the Lord to traverse.
Even mentally, he could not construct the road beyond Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
He therefore concluded that Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not go to Vṛndāvana at that time. He told the devotees this with great assurance.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
How does his mental preparation encourage you when material resources are limited?
Spend one minute mentally preparing a beautiful path for Caitanya Mahāprabhu, following Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī’s example.
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