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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.107
বৃন্দাবনে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ আইলা, — সেহ ‘সত্য’ হয় ।
কৃষ্ণেরে দেখিল লোক, — ইহা ‘মিথ্যা’ নয় ॥ ১০৭ ॥
vṛndāvane ‘kṛṣṇa’ āilā, — sei ‘satya’ haya
kṛṣṇere dekhila loka, — ihā ‘mithyā’ naya
“Actually Lord Kṛṣṇa has returned to Vṛndāvana. That is the truth, and it is also true that people have seen Him.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa has actually returned to Vṛndāvana.
His return is affirmed as the truth.
It is also true that people have seen Him.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
Seeing a great crowd in Mathurā, He moved His residence near Akrūra-ghāṭa, and from there He went every day to Vṛndāvana to see Kālīya-hrada, Dvādaśāditya-ghāṭa, Keśī-ghāṭa, Rāsa-sthalī, Cīra-ghāṭa and Āmli-talā. At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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”
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What does this clear affirmation of Kṛṣṇa’s presence invite me to reflect on?
Read the translation slowly today, noting its two affirmations: Kṛṣṇa has returned, and people have seen Him.
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