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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.43
‘অন্তঃপুর’ — গোলোক-শ্রীবৃন্দাবন ।
যাহাঁ নিত্যস্থিতি মাতাপিতা-বন্ধুগণ ॥ ৪৩ ॥
‘antaḥpura’ — goloka-śrī-vṛndāvana
yāhāṅ nitya-sthiti mātā-pitā-bandhu-gaṇa
“The internal abode is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is there that Lord Kṛṣṇa’s personal friends, associates, father and mother live.
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Kṛṣṇa’s internal abode is called Goloka Vṛndāvana.
His personal friends and associates live there.
His father and mother also live in this internal abode.
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
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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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the presence of Kṛṣṇa’s friends and parents help you notice about His abode?
Spend a quiet minute recalling Goloka Vṛndāvana as the home of Kṛṣṇa’s personal friends, associates, father and mother.
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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