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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 1.217
“বৃন্দাবনে যাহ’ তুমি, রহিহ বৃন্দাবনে ।
একবার ইহাঁ পাঠাইহ সনাতনে ॥ ২১৭ ॥
“vṛndāvane yāha’ tumi, rahiha vṛndāvane
ekabāra ihāṅ pāṭhāiha sanātane
“Now go to Vṛndāvana and stay there,” the Lord said. “You may send here your elder brother, Sanātana.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directed Rūpa Gosvāmī to go to Vṛndāvana.
The Lord told him to stay there. The instruction concerned both his destination and his residence.
The Lord also said that Rūpa Gosvāmī could send his elder brother, Sanātana, to Him.
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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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
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