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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.75
প্রাতে বৃন্দাবনে কৈলা ‘চীরঘাটে’ স্নান ।
তেঁতুলী-তলাতে আসি’ করিলা বিশ্রাম ॥ ৭৫ ॥
prāte vṛndāvane kailā ‘cīra-ghāṭe’ snāna
teṅtulī-talāte āsi’ karilā viśrāma
The next morning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Vṛndāvana and took His bath at Cīra-ghāṭa. He then went to Teṅtulī-talā, where He took rest.
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The next morning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Vṛndāvana.
He took His bath at Cīra-ghāṭa.
He then went to Teṅtulī-talā, where He took rest.
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:
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. At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you recall the places where the Lord bathed and rested?
Read aloud the names Cīra-ghāṭa and Teṅtulī-talā, recalling what the Lord did at each place.
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