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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.92
একদিন অক্রূরেতে লোক প্রাতঃকালে ।
বৃন্দাবন হৈতে আইসে করি’ কোলাহলে ॥ ৯২ ॥
eka-dina akrūrete loka prātaḥ-kāle
vṛndāvana haite āise kari’ kolāhale
One morning many people came to Akrūra-tīrtha. As they came from Vṛndāvana, they made a tumultuous sound.
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One morning, many people came to Akrūra-tīrtha.
They were coming from Vṛndāvana.
As they came, they made a tumultuous sound.
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.
How do the crowd and its tumultuous sound shape your sense of this scene?
Pause after reading and recall the three details: morning, people arriving, and their tumultuous sound.
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