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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.73
বৃন্দাবনে আইলা কৃষ্ণ — এই প্রভুর জ্ঞান ।
কৃষ্ণের বিরহ-স্ফূর্তি হৈল অবসান ॥ ৭৩ ॥
vṛndāvane āilā kṛṣṇa — ei prabhura jñāna
kṛṣṇera viraha-sphūrti haila avasāna
At this time Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt that Lord Kṛṣṇa had returned to Vṛndāvana. Thinking this, His feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa subsided.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt that Lord Kṛṣṇa had returned to Vṛndāvana.
He had been feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa.
Thinking of Kṛṣṇa’s return, His feelings of separation subsided.
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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.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”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
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What does the easing of His separation show you about His feelings for Kṛṣṇa?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on the thought of Kṛṣṇa returning to Vṛndāvana.
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