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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.53
এই সব মুখ্যভক্ত লঞা নিজ-সঙ্গে ।
শ্রীগোপাল দরশন কৈলা বহু-রঙ্গে ॥ ৫৩ ॥
ei saba mukhya-bhakta lañā nija-saṅge
śrī-gopāla daraśana kailā bahu-raṅge
It was with great jubilation that Rūpa Gosvāmī visited Lord Gopāla, accompanied by all these devotees.
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Rūpa Gosvāmī visited Lord Gopāla.
He made this visit with great jubilation.
All these devotees accompanied him on the visit.
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 touches me about Rūpa Gosvāmī’s joyful visit with all these devotees?
Reread the verse slowly, pausing to reflect on the joy of visiting Lord Gopāla together.
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