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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.34
সেই কথা সবার মধ্যে কহে নিত্যানন্দ ।
শুনিয়া বৈষ্ণব-মনে বাড়িল আনন্দ ॥ ৩৪ ॥
sei kathā sabāra madhye kahe nityānanda
śuniyā vaiṣṇava-mane bāḍila ānanda
This same narration was again related by Lord Nityānanda to all the devotees, and their transcendental bliss increased as they heard the story again.
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Lord Nityānanda related the same narration to all the devotees. Their transcendental bliss increased as they heard it again.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first heard the story of Mādhavendra Purī from His spiritual master, Śrīpāda Īśvara Purī. He later narrated it to His devotees.
At Gopīnātha’s temple in Remuṇā, the Lord described Mādhavendra Purī’s installation of Gopāla and Gopīnātha’s stealing condensed milk. Because of this incident, Gopīnātha became known as Kṣīracorā, the thief who stole condensed milk.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava.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: “gopīnātha’s”
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Reread this narration today, giving it attention even if you already know it.
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