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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.28
কৃষ্ণের মহিমা রহু — কেবা তার জ্ঞাতা ।
বৃন্দাবন-স্থানের দেখ আশ্চর্য বিভুতা ॥ ২৮ ॥
kṛṣṇera mahimā rahu — kebā tāra jñātā
vṛndāvana-sthānera dekha āścarya vibhutā
“Let the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa be! Who could be aware of all of them? His abode, Vṛndāvana, has many wonderful opulences. Just try to see them all.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The translation asks who could be aware of all Lord Kṛṣṇa’s glories.
Kṛṣṇa’s abode, Vṛndāvana, has many wonderful opulences.
The reader is invited to try to see these wonders.
Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
The mood of Madhya 21 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā. There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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.
How can I approach descriptions of Vṛndāvana with greater wonder and attention?
Reread the invitation to see Vṛndāvana’s opulences, and pause to appreciate it before continuing.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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