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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.41
লঘুভাগবতামৃতাদি কে করু গণন ।
সর্বত্র করিল ব্রজবিলাস বর্ণন ॥ ৪১ ॥
laghu-bhāgavatāmṛtādi ke karu gaṇana
sarvatra karila vraja-vilāsa varṇana
Who can count the rest of the books (headed by the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta) written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī? He has described the pastimes of Vṛndāvana in all of them.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s many books, headed here by Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta, describe the pastimes of Vṛndāvana.
Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu teaches how to develop devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and follow the transcendental process. It has four divisions.
Its eastern division describes the general principles and execution of devotional service, ecstasy in devotional service, and ultimately the attainment of love of Godhead.
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:
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
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing love of Godhead as the ultimate attainment shape my approach to devotional service?
Write down the four subjects of the eastern division, ending with love of Godhead.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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