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Chapter 31: Madhura-rasa-vicāra: Svakīya-nāyikās & Kṛṣṇa’s Svarūpa as Madhura-rasa-nāyaka · Page 1/39

Chapter 31: Madhura-rasa-vicāra: Svakīya-nāyikās & Kṛṣṇa’s Svarūpa as Madhura-rasa-nāyaka

It was a very pleasant time in the autumn season. One night, . at about ten o’clock, the earth had put on a sari of cool and gentle moonlight, and her beauty had become intensely attractive. Vijaya Kumāra was reading Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi and pondering deeply on the subject matter when his gaze suddenly fell upon the auspicious radiance of the moonlight. His heart became filled with an indescribable rapture, and he thought, “This is a very beautiful time. Why not go immediately and have darśana of Sundarācala? I have heard that whenever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had darśana of Sundarācala, He saw a sphūrti of vraja-dhāma.” Thinking like this, he set off alone in the direction of Sundarācala. By this time, Vijaya Kumāra was taking instructions in the practice of bhajana in pure madhura - rasa. His thoughts only flowed towards hearing about Kṛṣṇa’s vraja-līlā and specifically, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with the gopīs; any other topics had become tasteless to him.