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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.247
গোপীচন্দন-তলে আছিল ডিঙ্গাতে ।
মধ্বাচার্য সেই কৃষ্ণ পাইলা কোনমতে ॥ ২৪৭ ॥
gopī-candana-tale āchila ḍiṅgāte
madhvācārya sei kṛṣṇa pāilā kona-mate
Madhvācārya had somehow or other acquired the Deity of Kṛṣṇa from a heap of gopī-candana that had been transported in a boat.
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Madhvācārya acquired the Deity of Kṛṣṇa.
The Deity came from a heap of gopī-candana.
The gopī-candana had been transported in a boat. The translation says “somehow or other,” without explaining exactly how Madhvācārya acquired the Deity.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya. He then defeated the Tattvavādīs in śāstric conversation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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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
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