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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.142
বৃন্দাবন হৈতে যদি প্রভুরে কাড়িয়ে ।
তবে মঙ্গল হয়, — এই ভাল যুক্তি হয়ে ॥ ১৪২ ॥
vṛndāvana haite yadi prabhure kāḍiye
tabe maṅgala haya, — ei bhāla yukti haye
“It would be good if we could get Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu out of Vṛndāvana. That is my final conclusion.”
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The speaker concluded that leaving Vṛndāvana would be good for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He proposed that they get the Lord out of Vṛndāvana.
He stated this as his final conclusion.
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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