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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.110
বৃন্দাবনে হইলা তুমি কৃষ্ণ-অবতার ।
তোমা দেখি’ সর্বলোক হইল নিস্তার ॥’ ১১০ ॥
vṛndāvane ha-ilā tumi kṛṣṇa-avatāra
tomā dekhi’ sarva-loka ha-ila nistāra
The people then said, “You have appeared in Vṛndāvana as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. Just by seeing You, everyone is now liberated.”
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The people address Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa.
They say that He has appeared in Vṛndāvana.
They declare that just by seeing Him, everyone is now liberated.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the people’s declaration deepen my appreciation of seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read the people’s declaration aloud once today and pause over the words “Just by seeing You.”
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