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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.25
সূক্ষ্ম শ্বেতবালু পথে পুলিনের সম ।
দুই দিকে টোটা, সব — যেন বৃন্দাবন ॥ ২৫ ॥
sūkṣma śveta-bālu pathe pulinera sama
dui dike ṭoṭā, saba — yena vṛndāvana
The fine, white sand spread all over the path resembled the bank of the Yamunā, and the small gardens on both sides looked just like those in Vṛndāvana.
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Fine, white sand was spread all over the path.
The sand resembled the bank of the Yamunā.
The small gardens on both sides looked just like those 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:
The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens. Along that road the servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars.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”, “yamunā”
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Which detail helps you picture the path most clearly?
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