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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.33
গোবর্ধন দেখি’ প্রভু প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ।
নাচিতে নাচিতে চলিলা শ্লোক পড়িয়া ॥ ৩৩ ॥
govardhana dekhi’ prabhu premāviṣṭa hañā
nācite nācite calilā śloka paḍiyā
Just by seeing Govardhana Hill, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic with love of Kṛṣṇa. While dancing and dancing, He recited the following verse.
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Just by seeing Govardhana Hill, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic with love of Kṛṣṇa.
He expressed that love by dancing and dancing.
While dancing, He recited a verse.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
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.
What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response to seeing Govardhana Hill?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on His love of Kṛṣṇa.
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