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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.37
প্রধান প্রধান কিছু করিয়ে গণন ।
লক্ষ গ্রন্থে কৈল ব্রজবিলাস বর্ণন ॥ ৩৭ ॥
pradhāna pradhāna kichu kariye gaṇana
lakṣa granthe kaila vraja-vilāsa varṇana
I shall therefore enumerate the chief books compiled by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. He has described the pastimes of Vṛndāvana in 100,000 verses.
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The chief books compiled by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī will be enumerated.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī described the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.
His descriptions of these pastimes extend to 100,000 verses.
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:
All of these are described in brief. There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa 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 the scale of these writings deepen my appreciation of their subject?
Pause over the phrase “pastimes of Vṛndāvana,” and note how many verses Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī devoted to them.
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