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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 22
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কৃষ্ণং স্মরন্ জনকাশ্য প্রেষ্ঠং নিজসমীহিতম্ । 
    ভত্ত্বংকথা-বৃত্তশ্যাসৌ কর্যাদ্বাসং ব্রজে সদ্য ॥ ১৬০ ॥
krṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau kurvāḍ vāsaṁ vraje saḍā
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 Krṣṇa within himself, and one should choose a very dear devotee who is a servitor of Krṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. One should constantly engage in topics about that servitor and his loving relationship to Krṣṇa, 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  Bhakti-rasāmṛṭa-sindhu  (1.2.294)...
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দোস-সখা-পিত্তাদি-প্রেক্সসীর  গণ ।।
রাগমার্গে নিজ-নিজ-ভাবের গণন ॥ ১৬১ ॥
dāsa-sakhā-pitrādi-preyasīra gaņa
rāga-mārge nija-nija-bhāvera gaņana
SYNONYMS
dāsa —servants;  sakhā —friends;  pitṛ-ādi —parents;  preyasīra gaṇa —conjugal lovers;  rāga-mārge —on the path of spontaneous loving service;  nija-nija —of one’s own choice;  bhāvera —of the ecstasy;  gaṇana —counting.
TRANSLATION
“Krṣṇa has many types of devotees—some are servants, some are friends, some are parents, and some are conjugal lovers. Those who are situated in one