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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.32
প্রাতঃকালে প্রভু ‘মানসগঙ্গা’য় করি’ স্নান ।
গোবর্ধন-পরিক্রমায় করিলা প্ৰয়াণ ॥ ৩২ ॥
prātaḥ-kāle prabhu ‘mānasa-gaṅgā’ya kari’ snāna
govardhana-parikramāya karilā prayāṇa
In the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath in a lake called Mānasa-gaṅgā. He then circumambulated Govardhana Hill.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath in the morning.
He bathed in a lake called Mānasa-gaṅgā.
After bathing, He circumambulated Govardhana Hill.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this simple account help you picture Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s morning?
Spend a minute recalling the sequence: bathing in Mānasa-gaṅgā, then circumambulating Govardhana Hill.
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