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CC Madhya 22.160 (1975)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 160

kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya
preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam
tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau
kuryād vāsaṁ vraje sadā


SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇam—Lord Kṛṣṇa; smaran—thinking of; janam—a devotee; ca—and; asya—of His; preṣṭham—very dear; nija-samīhitam—chosen by oneself; tat-tat-kathā—to those respective topics; rataḥ—attached; ca—and; asau—that; kuryāt—should do; vāsam—living; vraje—in Vṛndāvana; sadā—always.


TRANSLATION

" 'The devotee should always think of Kṛṣṇa within himself, and one should choose a very dear devotee who is a servitor of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. One should constantly engage in topics about that servitor and his loving relationship to Kṛṣṇa, and one should live in Vṛndāvana. However, if one is physically unable to go to Vṛndāvana, he should mentally live there.'


PURPORT

This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.294).