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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.142

প্রভুর আজ্ঞা হঞাছে তোমা’ দুই ভায়ে ।

বৃন্দাবনে বৈস, তাহাঁ সর্বসুখ পাইয়ে ॥ ১৪২ ॥

prabhura ājñā hañāche tomā’ dui bhāye

vṛndāvane vaisa, tāhāṅ sarva-sukha pāiye

Translation

“The Lord has already ordered both of you brothers to situate yourselves in Vṛndāvana. There you will achieve all happiness.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Remembering the Lord’s Instruction

  1. 1

    The Lord has already ordered both brothers to situate themselves in Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s advice recalls that existing instruction rather than proposing a new destination.

  3. 3

    He assures Sanātana Gosvāmī that both brothers will achieve all happiness there.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Lord ordered Sanātana Gosvāmī to stay with Him for that year, and the next year, after seeing the Ratha-yātrā festival, he left Puruṣottama-kṣetra and returned to Vṛndāvana. After meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī also returned to Bengal, where he remained for one year.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. ājñāorder
  3. hañāchehas been
  4. tomā’you
  5. dui bhāyeto the two brothers
  6. vṛndāvane vaisasit down at Vṛndāvana
  7. tāhāṅthere
  8. sarva-sukhaall happiness
  9. pāiyeyou will get
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Key ideas in this 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What instruction have I already received that could help clarify my next step?

Practice

Recall one devotional instruction you have received and write down a small step toward following it.

Live this todayRemembering the Lord’s InstructionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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