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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.39
এইমত তিনদিন গোপালে দেখিলা ।
চতুর্থ-দিবসে গোপাল স্বমন্দিরে গেলা ॥ ৩৯ ॥
ei-mata tina-dina gopāle dekhilā
caturtha-divase gopāla svamandire gelā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the Gopāla Deity for three days. On the fourth day, the Deity returned to His own temple.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the Gopāla Deity for three days.
On the fourth day, Gopāla returned.
The Deity’s destination was His own temple.
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:
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. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Gāṅṭhuli-grāma to see Lord Gopāla.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 do you notice about the time Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spent seeing Gopāla?
Pause over the phrase “for three days” and reflect briefly on His time seeing the Deity.
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