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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.109
জ্যৈষ্ঠ-মাসের ধূপে তাঁরে কৈলা পরীক্ষণ ।
শক্তি সঞ্চারিয়া পুনঃ পাঠাইলা বৃন্দাবন ॥ ১০৯ ॥
jyaiṣṭha-māsera dhūpe tāṅre kailā parīkṣaṇa
śakti sañcāriyā punaḥ pāṭhāilā vṛndāvana
The fourth chapter also tells how Sanātana Gosvāmī was tested in the sunshine of Jyaiṣṭha [May-June] and was then empowered and sent back to Vṛndāvana.
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The fourth chapter describes Sanātana Gosvāmī being tested in the sunshine of Jyaiṣṭha [May-June].
After this test, Sanātana Gosvāmī was empowered.
He was then sent back to Vṛndāvana.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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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”
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What stands out to you in this movement from being tested to being empowered and sent?
Read the translation slowly and note its three stages: tested, empowered, and sent back.
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