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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.90
শাস্ত্রদৃষ্ট্যে কৈল লুপ্ততীর্থের উদ্ধার ।
বৃন্দাবনে কৈল শ্ৰীমূর্তি–সেবার প্রচার ॥ ৯০ ॥
śāstra-dṛṣṭye kaila lupta-tīrthera uddhāra
vṛndāvane kaila śrīmūrti-sevāra pracāra
In accordance with the directions of the revealed scriptures, both Gosvāmīs excavated the lost places of pilgrimage and inaugurated the worship of Deities in Vṛndāvana.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Following the revealed scriptures, both Gosvāmīs restored lost places of pilgrimage and inaugurated Deity worship in Vṛndāvana.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu identified Rādhā-kuṇḍa in an agricultural field with a small reservoir. Following His directions, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī renovated it.
Through the endeavors of the Gosvāmīs, the important temples in Vṛndāvana were established. Originally, there were seven important Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava temples there.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā-kuṇḍa”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Gosvāmīs’ work teach me about following spiritual directions carefully?
Reread the account of Rādhā-kuṇḍa and note how the Gosvāmīs acted on the Lord’s directions.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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