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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.136
এই ঘাটে অক্রূর বৈকুণ্ঠ দেখিল ।
ব্রজবাসী লোক ‘গোলোক’ দর্শন কৈল ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
ei ghāṭe akrūra vaikuṇṭha dekhila
vrajavāsī loka ‘goloka’ darśana kaila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thought, “At this bathing place, Akrūra saw Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual world, and all the inhabitants of Vraja saw Goloka Vṛndāvana.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remembered what had been seen at this bathing place.
Akrūra saw Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual world.
All the inhabitants of Vraja saw Goloka Vṛndāvana.
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:
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra. While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.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”, “vraja”
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What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s remembrance help me notice about this bathing place?
Read His thought slowly, noting who saw Vaikuṇṭha and who saw Goloka Vṛndāvana.
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