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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.219
বৃন্দাবনে সাহজিক যে সম্পৎসিন্ধু ।
দ্বারকা-বৈকুণ্ঠ-সম্পৎ — তার এক বিন্দু ॥ ২১৯ ॥
vṛndāvane sāhajika ye sampat-sindhu
dvārakā-vaikuṇṭha-sampat — tāra eka bindu
“The natural opulence of Vṛndāvana is just like an ocean. The opulence of Dvārakā and Vaikuṇṭha is not even to be compared to a drop.
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The opulence of Vṛndāvana is natural.
Its greatness is compared to an ocean.
The opulence of Dvārakā and Vaikuṇṭha cannot be compared even to a drop of that ocean.
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:
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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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the ocean comparison help me understand about Vṛndāvana’s opulence?
Pause today to reflect on the contrast between an ocean and a single drop described here.
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