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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.3
এইমত মহাপ্রভু নাচিতে নাচিতে ।
‘আরিট্’-গ্রামে আসি’ ‘বাহ্য’ হৈল আচম্বিতে ॥ ৩ ॥
ei-mata mahāprabhu nācite nācite
‘āriṭ’-grāme āsi’ ‘bāhya’ haila ācambite
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in ecstasy, but when He arrived at Āriṭ-grāma, His sense perception was awakened.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in ecstasy, but His sense perception awakened at Āriṭ-grāma. Also called Ariṣṭa-grāma, this was where Śrī Kṛṣṇa had killed Ariṣṭāsura.
He inquired about Rādhā-kuṇḍa, but neither the local people nor the accompanying brāhmaṇa could locate it. Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Śyāma-kuṇḍa were then lost to everyone’s vision.
Being omniscient, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognized the two holy ponds in two paddy fields. Although they held very little water, He understood their identity.
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:
In the village of Āriṭ-grāma, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu discovered the transcendental lakes known as Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Śyāma-kuṇḍa. He then saw the Deity Harideva at Govardhana Village.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā-kuṇḍa”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s recognition of the lost ponds show about His knowledge?
Write down the names Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Śyāma-kuṇḍa and one sentence about how the Lord recognized them.
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