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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.5
সহজে বিচিত্র মধুর চৈতন্য-বিহার ।
বৃন্দাবনদাস-মুখে অমৃতের ধার ॥ ৫ ॥
sahaje vicitra madhura caitanya-vihāra
vṛndāvana-dāsa-mukhe amṛtera dhāra
By nature all the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are very wonderful and sweet, and when they are described by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, they become like a shower of nectar.
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All the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are wonderful by nature.
His activities are also naturally very sweet.
When Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura describes these activities, they become like a shower of nectar.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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 his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the fourth chapter. Passing along the path of Chatrabhoga and coming to Vṛddhamantreśvara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the border of Orissa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering their sweetness shape the way you read the Lord’s activities?
Read the translation slowly, pausing over the phrase “a shower of nectar.”
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