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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.91
গোলোকাখ্য গোকুল, মথুরা, দ্বারাবতী ।
এই তিন লোকে কৃষ্ণের সহজে নিত্যস্থিতি ॥ ৯১ ॥
golokākhya gokula, mathurā, dvārāvatī
ei tina loke kṛṣṇera sahaje nitya-sthiti
“The three lokas are Gokula (Goloka), Mathurā and Dvārakā. Kṛṣṇa lives eternally in these three places.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The three lokas are Gokula (Goloka), Mathurā and Dvārakā. Kṛṣṇa lives eternally in these three places.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that the Goloka planet has three divisions: Gokula, Mathurā and Dvārakā.
As Gaurasundara, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself conducts His pastimes in three areas: Navadvīpa, Jagannātha Purī (and South India), and Vraja-maṇḍala, the area of Vṛndāvana-dhāma.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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-dhāma”, “vraja-maṇḍala”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Kṛṣṇa’s eternal presence in these places and His pastimes as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read aloud the three divisions of Goloka and the three areas of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
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