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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.210
যে-পথে, যে-গ্রাম-নদী-শৈল, যাহাঁ যেই লীলা ।
বলভদ্রভট্ট-স্থানে সব লিখি’ নিলা ॥ ২১০ ॥
ye-pathe, ye-grāma-nadī-śaila, yāhāṅ yei līlā
balabhadra-bhaṭṭa-sthāne saba likhi’ nilā
Sanātana Gosvāmī noted from Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya all the villages, rivers and hills where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had performed His pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī obtained details from Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.
He noted all the villages, rivers and hills where Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had performed His pastimes.
These details helped identify the places connected with the Lord along his chosen route.
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:
After meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī also returned to Bengal, where he remained for one year. Whatever money he owned, he distributed among his relatives, the brāhmaṇas and the temples.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can careful attention to details support my study of the Lord’s pastimes?
Note who supplied the information and the three kinds of places Sanātana Gosvāmī recorded.
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