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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.200
ইঁহার যে জ্যেষ্ঠভ্রাতা, নাম — ‘সনাতন’ ।
পৃথিবীতে বিজ্ঞবর নাহি তাঁর সম ॥ ২০০ ॥
iṅhāra ye jyeṣṭha-bhrātā, nāma — ‘sanātana’
pṛthivīte vijña-vara nāhi tāṅra sama
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s elder brother, whose name is Sanātana Gosvāmī, is such a wise and learned scholar that no one is equal to him.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu identified Sanātana Gosvāmī as Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s elder brother.
He praised Sanātana Gosvāmī as both wise and learned.
His praise was emphatic: He said that no one was equal to Sanātana Gosvāmī in such scholarship.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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