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The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yātrā
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the lotus feet of the Lord. Rather, they preferred to take the lotus feet of the Lord and place them on their breasts. Sometimes they regretted that their breasts were so hard, fearing that Kṛṣṇa might not be very pleased to keep His soft lotus feet there. When those lotus feet were pricked by the grains of sand in the Vṛndāvana pasturing ground, the  gopīs  were pained and began to cry. The  gopīs  wanted to keep Kṛṣṇa at home always, and in this way their minds were absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Such pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness can arise only in Vṛndāvana. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to explain His own mind, which was saturated in the ecstasy of the  gopīs .
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অম্যের হৃদয়—মন,                      মোর মন—বৃহ্নাবন, 
    ‘মনে’ ‘বনে’ এক করি’ জানি । 
    তাহাঁ তোমার পদহুয়,                      করাহ যদি উদয়, 
    তবে তোমার পূর্ণ কুপা মানি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
anyera hṛdaya—mana,                     mora mana—vṛndāvana,                     ‘mane’ ‘vane’ eka kari’ jāni                     tāhāṅ tomāra pada-dvaya,                     karāha yadi udaya,                     tabe tomāra pūrṇa kṛpā māni
SYNONYMS
anyera —of others;  hṛdaya —consciousness;  mana —mind;  mora mana —My mind;  vṛndāvana —Vṛndāvana consciousness;  mane —with the mind;  vane —with Vṛndāvana;  eka kari' —as one and the same;  jāni —I know;  tāhāṅ —there, at Vṛndāvana;  tomāra —Your;  pada-dvaya —two lotus feet;  karāha —You do;  yadi —if;  udaya —appearance;  tabe —then;  tomāra —Your;  pūrṇa —complete;  kṛpā —mercy;  māni —I accept.
TRANSLATION
Speaking in the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “‘For most people, the mind and heart are one, but because My mind is never separated from Vṛndāvana, I consider My mind and Vṛndāvana to be one. My mind is already Vṛndāvana, and since You like Vṛndāvana, will You please place Your lotus feet there? I would deem that Your full mercy.
PURPORT
Only when the mind is free from designations can one desire the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mind must have some occupation. If a