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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.127
তথাপি আমার মন হরে বৃন্দাবন ।
বৃন্দাবনে উদয় করাও আপন-চরণ ॥ ১২৭ ॥
tathāpi āmāra mana hare vṛndāvana
vṛndāvane udaya karāo āpana-caraṇa
“Although We are both the same, My mind is still attracted to Vṛndāvana-dhāma. I wish that You will please again appear with Your lotus feet in Vṛndāvana.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that They are both the same.
Yet His mind remains attracted to Vṛndāvana-dhāma.
He asks that Kṛṣṇa again appear with His lotus feet in Vṛndāvana.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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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-dhāma”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this request show about the importance of Vṛndāvana-dhāma in His longing?
Write down the request to appear again in Vṛndāvana, and pause to consider the longing it expresses.
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