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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 14.117-118
যদ্যপি জগন্নাথ করেন দ্বারকায় বিহার ।
সহজ প্রকট করে পরম উদার ॥ ১১৭ ॥
yadyapi jagannātha karena dvārakāya vihāra
sahaja prakaṭa kare parama udāra
“Although Lord Jagannātha enjoys His pastimes at Dvārakā-dhāma and naturally manifests sublime liberality there, still, once a year He becomes unlimitedly eager to see Vṛndāvana.”
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Lord Jagannātha enjoys His pastimes at Dvārakā-dhāma.
He naturally manifests sublime liberality there.
Still, once a year He becomes unlimitedly eager to see Vṛndāvana.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “liberality”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about Lord Jagannātha’s unlimited eagerness to see Vṛndāvana?
Pause today to reread and reflect on the words “unlimitedly eager to see Vṛndāvana.”
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