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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.26
‘অন্নকূট’-নামে গ্রামে গোপালের স্থিতি ।
রাজপুত-লোকের সেই গ্রামে বসতি ॥ ২৬ ॥
‘annakūṭa’-nāme grāme gopālera sthiti
rājaputa-lokera sei grāme vasati
Gopāla stayed in a village called Annakūṭa-grāma on Govardhana Hill. The villagers who lived in that village were mainly from Rajasthan.
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Gopāla stayed in a village called Annakūṭa-grāma on Govardhana Hill.
The villagers were mainly from Rajasthan.
The purport notes that Annakūṭa-grāma is mentioned in the Fifth Wave of the Bhakti-ratnākara.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had no desire to climb Govardhana Hill because the hill is worshiped as Kṛṣṇa. The Gopāla Deity could understand the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; therefore on the plea of being attacked by Muslims, Gopāla transferred Himself to the village of Gāṅṭhuli-grāma.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: “govardhana”
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How does knowing where Gopāla stayed help you picture this account?
Write one sentence identifying Gopāla’s village and where it was located.
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