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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.220
পরম পুরুষোত্তম স্বয়ং ভগবান্ ।
কৃষ্ণ যাহাঁ ধনী তাহাঁ বৃন্দাবন-ধাম ॥ ২২০ ॥
parama puruṣottama svayaṁ bhagavān
kṛṣṇa yāhāṅ dhanī tāhāṅ vṛndāvana-dhāma
“Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full of all opulences, and His complete opulences are exhibited only in Vṛndāvana-dhāma.
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He is full of all opulences.
His complete opulences are exhibited only in Vṛndāvana-dhāma.
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-dhāma”
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