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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.76
কৃষ্ণলীলা-কালের সেই বৃক্ষ পুরাতন ।
তার তলে পিঁড়ি-বান্ধা পরম চিক্কণ ॥ ৭৬ ॥
kṛṣṇa-līlā-kālera sei vṛkṣa purātana
tāra tale piṅḍi-bāndhā parama-cikkaṇa
The tamarind tree named Teṅtulī-talā was very old, having been there since the time of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Beneath the tree was a very shiny platform.
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The tamarind tree named Teṅtulī-talā was very old.
It had been there since the time of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Beneath the tree was a very shiny platform.
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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What makes this old tamarind tree significant in the description?
Take a moment to picture the old tamarind tree and its shiny platform, remembering its connection with Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
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