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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.135
একদিন সেই অক্রূর-ঘাটের উপরে ।
বসি’ মহাপ্রভু কিছু করেন বিচারে ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
eka-dina sei akrūra-ghāṭera upare
vasi’ mahāprabhu kichu karena vicāre
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat at the bathing ghat of Akrūra-tīrtha and thought the following thoughts.
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Akrūra-tīrtha lies on the road between Vṛndāvana and Mathurā.
When Akrūra was taking Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā, the Lord rested here and bathed in the Yamunā.
When Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma bathed, Akrūra saw the entire world of Vaikuṇṭha within the water. The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana also saw the Vaikuṇṭha planets there.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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”, “yamunā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing what happened at Akrūra-tīrtha deepen my appreciation of this place?
Spend one minute recalling what Akrūra and the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana saw in the water.
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