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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.27
অহো ভাগ্য, যমুনারে পাইলুঁ দরশন ।
এত বলি’ যমুনার করেন স্তবন ॥ ২৭ ॥
aho bhāgya, yamunāre pāiluṅ daraśana
eta bali’ yamunāra karena stavana
The Lord said, “Oh, what good fortune! Now I have seen the river Yamunā.” Thus thinking the Ganges to be the river Yamunā, Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to offer prayers to it.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu exclaimed that seeing the river Yamunā was His good fortune.
He was thinking of the Ganges as the river Yamunā.
With this understanding, He began offering prayers to the river.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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 was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā. When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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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: “yamunā”
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How might recognizing good fortune lead you toward prayer?
Take a moment today to express gratitude in a short prayer.
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