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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.226
নীলাচলে ছিলা যৈছে প্রেমাবেশ মন ।
বৃন্দাবন যাইতে পথে হৈল শত-গুণ ॥ ২২৬ ॥
nīlācale chilā yaiche premāveśa mana
vṛndāvana yāite pathe haila śata-guṇa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mind was absorbed in ecstatic love at Jagannātha Purī, but when He passed along the road on the way to Vṛndāvana, that love increased a hundred times.
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At Jagannātha Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mind was absorbed in ecstatic love.
He then passed along the road on the way to Vṛndāvana.
During that journey, His ecstatic love increased a hundred times.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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What does this hundredfold increase help me appreciate about the Lord’s ecstatic love?
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