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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.57
তাহাঁ লীলাস্থলী দেখি’ গেলা ‘নন্দীশ্বর’ ।
‘নন্দীশ্বর’ দেখি’ প্রেমে হইলা বিহ্বল ॥ ৫৭ ॥
tāhāṅ līlā-sthalī dekhi’ gelā ‘nandīśvara’
‘nandīśvara’ dekhi’ preme ha-ilā vihvala
After visiting the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes at Kāmyavana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Nandīśvara. While there, He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes at Kāmyavana.
He then went to Nandīśvara, the house of Mahārāja Nanda.
At Nandīśvara, He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
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:
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. Seeing a great crowd in Mathurā, He moved His residence near Akrūra-ghāṭa, and from there He went every day to Vṛndāvana to see Kālīya-hrada, Dvādaśāditya-ghāṭa, Keśī-ghāṭa, Rāsa-sthalī, Cīra-ghāṭa and Āmli-talā.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.
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: “ecstatic love”
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: “nanda”
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What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s response to visiting Nandīśvara?
Reread the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on His ecstatic love at Nandīśvara.
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