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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.47
ম্লেচ্ছভয়ে আইলা গোপাল মথুরা-নগরে ।
একমাস রহিল বিঠ্ঠলেশ্বর-ঘরে ॥ ৪৭ ॥
mleccha-bhaye āilā gopāla mathurā-nagare
eka-māsa rahila viṭhṭhaleśvara-ghare
Due to fear of the Muslims, Gopāla went to Mathurā, where He remained in the house of Viṭhṭhaleśvara for one full month.
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī decided to live in Vṛndāvana. Following Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s example, they did not climb the hill because they considered it nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
On some pretext, Gopāla granted Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu an audience beneath the hill. He similarly favored Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.
When old age and invalidity prevented Rūpa Gosvāmī from going to Govardhana Hill, Gopāla kindly went to Mathurā and stayed at Viṭhṭhaleśvara’s house for one month. There, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could see Gopāla’s beauty to his heart’s content.
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Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 19.108
In this regard, one should see Madhya-līlā 18.47.
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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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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: “vṛndāvana”, “govardhana”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favored”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Gopāla’s kindness to the elderly Rūpa Gosvāmī deepen your appreciation of Him?
Write one sentence about how Gopāla favored Rūpa Gosvāmī when he could no longer travel to Govardhana Hill.
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