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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.46
বৃদ্ধকালে রূপ-গোসাঞি না পারে যাইতে ।
বাঞ্ছা হৈল গোপালের সৌন্দর্য দেখিতে ॥ ৪৬ ॥
vṛddha-kāle rūpa-gosāñi nā pāre yāite
vāñchā haila gopālera saundarya dekhite
In ripe old age, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could not go there, but he had a desire to see the beauty of Gopāla.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was in ripe old age.
He could not go there.
Still, he desired to see the beauty of Gopāla.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s desire to see Gopāla despite his inability to travel?
Take a quiet moment to express your desire to see Gopāla’s beauty.
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