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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.392
সওয়াশত বৎসর কৃষ্ণের প্রকট-প্রকাশ ।
তাহা যৈছে ব্রজ-পুরে করিলা বিলাস ॥ ৩৯২ ॥
saoyāśata vatsara kṛṣṇera prakaṭa-prakāśa
tāhā yaiche vraja-pure karilā vilāsa
“Kṛṣṇa remains within a universe for 125 years, and He enjoys His pastimes both in Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā.
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Kṛṣṇa remains within a universe for 125 years.
He enjoys His pastimes in Vṛndāvana.
He also enjoys His pastimes in Dvārakā.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages. He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What two places does this verse name as places where Kṛṣṇa enjoys His pastimes?
Write down Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā, and read the verse once slowly while remembering both places.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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