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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 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 17.227Madhya 17.230

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 17.228-229

অন্য-দেশ প্রেম উছলে ‘বৃন্দাবন’ নামে ।

সাক্ষাৎ ভ্রময়ে এবে সেই বৃন্দাবনে ॥ ২২৮ ॥

anya-deśa prema uchale ‘vṛndāvana’-nāme

sākṣāt bhramaye ebe sei vṛndāvane

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was elsewhere, the very name of Vṛndāvana was sufficient to increase His ecstatic love. Now, when He was actually traveling in the Vṛndāvana forest, His mind was absorbed in great ecstatic love day and night. He ate and bathed simply out of habit.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Absorbed in Ecstatic Love Day and Night

  1. 1

    Even when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was elsewhere, the very name of Vṛndāvana increased His ecstatic love.

  2. 2

    While traveling in the Vṛndāvana forest, His mind was absorbed in great ecstatic love day and night.

  3. 3

    He ate and bathed simply out of habit, so deeply was He absorbed in ecstatic love.

How it feels

Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.

The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. anya-deśain other countries
  2. premalove
  3. uchaleincreases
  4. vṛndāvana-nāmeby the name of Vṛndāvana
  5. sākṣātdirectly
  6. bhramayetravels
  7. ebenow
  8. sei vṛndāvanein that Vṛndāvana
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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”

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does His response to the very name of Vṛndāvana reveal about His love?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the words “absorbed in great ecstatic love day and night.”

Live this todayAbsorbed in Ecstatic Love Day and NightThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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