Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 23.104
Establish Devotional Service in Vṛndāvana
“Establish devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī in Vṛndāvana. You should also compile bhakti scriptures and preach the bhakti cult from Vṛndāvana.”
What the purport teaches
- Sanātana Gosvāmī was instructed to establish devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī in Vṛndāvana. He was to compile bhakti scriptures, broadcast them, and establish their conclusions.
- His work included restoring lost places of pilgrimage, such as Vṛndāvana and Rādhā-kuṇḍa, and establishing temple worship and Deities. Sanātana Gosvāmī established the Madana-mohana temple, and Rūpa Gosvāmī established the Govindajī temple.
- He was also to explain the behavior of a Vaiṣṇava, as he did in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa. In these ways, he was empowered to establish Vaiṣṇavism.
Try this today
Choose one teaching on Vaiṣṇava behavior from this batch and put it into practice today.
Ask yourself
How can my study of devotional teachings become more closely connected with my behavior?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.