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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.66
তবে ‘খেলা-তীর্থ’ দেখি’ ‘ভাণ্ডীরবন’ আইলা ।
যমুনা পার হঞা ‘ভদ্র-বন’ গেলা ॥ ৬৬ ॥
tabe ‘khelā-tīrtha’ dekhi’ ‘bhāṇḍīravana’ āilā
yamunā pāra hañā ‘bhadra-vana’ gelā
Afterwards, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Khelā-tīrtha and then went to Bhāṇḍīravana. After crossing the Yamunā River, He went to Bhadravana.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Khelā-tīrtha and then went to Bhāṇḍīravana. After crossing the Yamunā River, He went to Bhadravana.
The Bhakti-ratnākara says that Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma used to play at Khelā-tīrtha with the cowherd boys throughout the day.
Mother Yaśodā had to call Them to take Their baths and eat Their lunch.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “yamunā”, “cowherd”, “yaśodā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about Mother Yaśodā calling Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma from Their play?
Spend a quiet minute remembering Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma playing with the cowherd boys at Khelā-tīrtha.
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