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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.140
ভুবনেশ্বর-পথে যৈছে কৈল দরশন ।
বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিয়াছেন দাস-বৃন্দাবন ॥ ১৪০ ॥
bhuvaneśvara-pathe yaiche kaila daraśana
vistāri’ varṇiyāchena dāsa-vṛndāvana
[In his book Caitanya-bhāgavata] Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has very vividly described the places visited by the Lord on the way to Bhuvaneśvara.
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Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura vividly describes the Lord’s journey in Caitanya-bhāgavata. The Lord visited Bālihastā, or Bālakāṭīcaṭi, and then Bhuvaneśvara, where Lord Śiva’s temple is located.
Lord Śiva is called Āśutoṣa because he is easily satisfied by worship, regardless of its purpose. He helped Kāśirāja fight Kṛṣṇa, but Kāśirāja was defeated and killed.
Lord Śiva later recognized his mistake and begged Lord Kṛṣṇa’s forgiveness. Kṛṣṇa granted him the place known as Ekāmra-kānana.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 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:
From Kaṭaka He went to Bhuvaneśvara and saw the temple of Lord Śiva. In this way, He gradually arrived at Kamalapura, and on the banks of the Bhārgī River He came to the temple of Lord Śiva, where He entrusted His sannyāsa staff to Nityānanda Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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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.
What can Lord Śiva’s request for forgiveness teach you about acknowledging a mistake?
If you recognize a mistake today, acknowledge it and ask forgiveness.
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