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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.280
“তুমি যাহাঁ-যাহাঁ রহ, তাহাঁ ‘বৃন্দাবন’ ।
তাহাঁ যমুনা, গঙ্গা, সর্বতীর্থগণ ॥ ২৮০ ॥
tumi yāhāṅ-yāhāṅ raha, tāhāṅ ‘vṛndāvana’
tāhāṅ yamunā, gaṅgā, sarva-tīrtha-gaṇa
Gadādhara Paṇḍita said, “Wherever You stay is Vṛndāvana, as well as the river Yamunā, the river Ganges and all other places of pilgrimage.
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Gadādhara Paṇḍita said that wherever the Lord stays is Vṛndāvana.
He said that the river Yamunā and the river Ganges are also there.
He included all other places of pilgrimage in that same declaration.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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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”, “yamunā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this statement deepen your appreciation of the Lord’s presence?
Read Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s declaration aloud once, pausing to reflect on its meaning.
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