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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.95
ব্রজবাসী লোকের কৃষ্ণে সহজ পিরীতি ।
গোপালের সহজ-প্রীতি ব্রজবাসি-প্রতি ॥ ৯৫ ॥
vraja-vāsī lokera kṛṣṇe sahaja pirīti
gopālera sahaja-prīti vraja-vāsi-prati
The ideal place to execute Kṛṣṇa consciousness is Vrajabhūmi, or Vṛndāvana, where the people are naturally inclined to love Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is naturally inclined to love them.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vrajabhūmi, or Vṛndāvana, is the ideal place to execute Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Its people naturally love Kṛṣṇa, and He naturally loves them.
There is responsive cooperation between Kṛṣṇa and His devotees. The more sincerely a devotee loves Him, the more He reciprocates.
This loving relationship can become so developed that a highly advanced devotee can talk with Kṛṣṇa face to face.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 4.95 quotesBG 4.11
In the Bhagavad-gītā (4.11) it is said, ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham.
The purport of CC Madhya 4.95 quotesBG 10.10
Kṛṣṇa confirms this in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.10):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
This festival was known everywhere, and many people from the neighboring villages came to join. One night the Gopāla Deity again appeared to Mādhavendra Purī in a dream and asked him to go to Jagannātha Purī to collect some sandalwood pulp and smear it on the body of the Deity.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”, “vrajabhūmi”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make my devotion to Kṛṣṇa more sincere today?
Spend a quiet minute expressing your desire to love Kṛṣṇa sincerely.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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