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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes
Madhya 14.226Madhya 14.228

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.227

শ্রিয়ঃ কান্তাঃ কান্তঃ পরমপুরুষঃ কল্পতরবো

দ্রুমা ভূমিশ্চিন্তামণিগণময়ী তোয়মমৃতম্ ।

কথা গানং নাট্যং গগনমপি বংশী প্রিয়সখী

চিদানন্দং জ্যোতিঃ পরমপি তদাস্বাদ্যমপি চ ॥ ২২৭ ॥

śriyaḥ kāntāḥ kāntaḥ parama-puruṣaḥ kalpa-taravo

drumā bhūmiś cintāmaṇi-gaṇa-mayī toyam amṛtam

kathā gānaṁ nāṭyaṁ gamanam api vaṁśī priya-sakhī

cid-ānandaṁ jyotiḥ param api tad āsvādyam api ca

Translation

“ ‘The damsels of Vṛndāvana, the gopīs, are super goddesses of fortune. The enjoyer in Vṛndāvana is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. The trees there are all wish-fulfilling trees, and the land is made of transcendental touchstone. The water is all nectar, the talking is singing, the walking is dancing, and the constant companion of Kṛṣṇa is His flute. The effulgence of transcendental bliss is experienced everywhere. Therefore Vṛndāvana-dhāma is the only relishable abode.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vṛndāvana Is Filled With Transcendental Bliss

  1. 1

    The gopīs are super goddesses of fortune, and Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the enjoyer in Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    The trees are wish-fulfilling, the land is transcendental touchstone, and the water is nectar. Talking is singing, walking is dancing, and Kṛṣṇa’s constant companion is His flute.

  3. 3

    The effulgence of transcendental bliss is experienced everywhere; therefore Vṛndāvana-dhāma is called the only relishable abode. The purport identifies this description as a quotation from the Brahma-saṁhitā.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śriyaḥthe goddess of fortune
  2. kāntāḥthe damsels
  3. kāntaḥthe enjoyer
  4. parama-puruṣaḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  5. kalpa-taravaḥdesire trees
  6. drumāḥall the trees
  7. bhūmiḥthe land
  8. cintāmaṇi-gaṇa-mayīmade of the transcendental touchstone jewel
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Key ideas in this verse

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”, “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which feature of Vṛndāvana helps you reflect on its transcendental bliss?

Practice

Choose one feature of Vṛndāvana from the translation and reread its description attentively.

Live this todayVṛndāvana Is Filled With Transcendental BlissThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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