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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.30
বিপ্রগৃহে গোপালের নিভৃতে সেবন ।
গ্রাম উজাড় হৈল, পলাইল সর্বজন ॥ ৩০ ॥
vipra-gṛhe gopālera nibhṛte sevana
grāma ujāḍa haila, palāila sarva-jana
The Gopāla Deity was kept in the house of a brāhmaṇa, and His worship was conducted secretly. Everyone fled, and thus the village of Annakūṭa was deserted.
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The Gopāla Deity was kept in the house of a brāhmaṇa.
His worship was conducted secretly.
Everyone fled, leaving the village of Annakūṭa deserted.
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:
Some years later, Lord Gopāla also went to Mathurā, to the house of Viṭhṭhaleśvara, and stayed there for one month just to give an audience to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. After visiting Nandīśvara, Pāvana-sarovara, Śeṣaśāyī, Khelā-tīrtha, Bhāṇḍīravana, Bhadravana, Lohavana and Mahāvana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gokula and then finally returned to Mathurā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the continuation of Gopāla’s worship during danger mean to you?
Set aside a quiet moment for worship today, reflecting on the care shown to Gopāla.
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