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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.218
স্বরূপ কহে, — শ্রীবাস, শুন সাবধানে ।
বৃন্দাবনসম্পদ্ তোমার নাহি পড়ে মনে ? ২১৮ ॥
svarūpa kahe, — śrīvāsa, śuna sāvadhāne
vṛndāvana-sampad tomāra nāhi paḍe mane?
Svarūpa Dāmodara then retorted, “My dear Śrīvāsa, please hear me with attention. You have forgotten the transcendental opulence of Vṛndāvana.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara asks Śrīvāsa to hear him with attention.
He tells Śrīvāsa that he has forgotten the opulence of Vṛndāvana.
Vṛndāvana’s opulence is transcendental.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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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How can I give more attention to what I hear about Vṛndāvana?
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