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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.152
যদ্যপি বৃন্দাবন-ত্যাগে নাহি প্রভুর মন ।
ভক্ত-ইচ্ছা পূরিতে কহে মধুর বচন ॥ ১৫২ ॥
yadyapi vṛndāvana-tyāge nāhi prabhura mana
bhakta-icchā pūrite kahe madhura vacana
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had no desire to leave Vṛndāvana, He began to speak sweet words just to fulfill the desire of His devotee.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has no desire to leave Vṛndāvana.
Nevertheless, He wishes to fulfill His devotee's desire.
He begins to speak sweet words to His devotee.
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:
While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love. Some Pāṭhāna soldiers who were passing through saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord’s associates, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and others, had killed the Lord with a poison named dhuturā and were taking His wealth.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 could you respond kindly when someone's wish differs from your own?
Use gentle words today when responding to a request that differs from your preference.
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