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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.209
যেই বন-পথে প্রভু গেলা বৃন্দাবন ।
সেইপথে যাইতে মন কৈলা সনাতন ॥ ২০৯ ॥
yei vana-pathe prabhu gelā vṛndāvana
sei-pathe yāite mana kailā sanātana
Sanātana Gosvāmī decided to go to Vṛndāvana by the very forest path Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had traversed.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī decided to travel to Vṛndāvana.
He chose the very forest path Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had traversed.
His choice connected his journey with places through which the Lord had passed.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about Sanātana Gosvāmī’s choice of route?
Reflect for one minute on why the Lord’s previous journey mattered to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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