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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.36
কৃষ্ণলীলা-স্থানে করে সর্বদা বসতি ॥ ৩৬ ॥
kṛṣṇa-līlā-sthāne kare sarvadā vasati
“A devotee absorbed in ecstatic emotion for Kṛṣṇa always resides in a place where Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes were performed.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotee described here is absorbed in ecstatic emotion for Kṛṣṇa.
Such a devotee resides where Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes were performed.
The word “always” emphasizes the devotee’s steady residence in such a place.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this choice of residence reveal about the devotee’s attraction to Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a minute reflecting on the devotee’s desire to live where Kṛṣṇa performed His pastimes.
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