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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.214
একবৎসর রূপ-গোসাঞির গৌড়ে বিলম্ব হৈল ।
কুটুম্বের ‘স্থিতি’-অর্থ বিভাগ করি’ দিল ॥ ২১৪ ॥
eka-vatsara rūpa-gosāñira gauḍe vilamba haila
kuṭumbera ‘sthiti’-artha vibhāga kari’ dila
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī had been delayed in Bengal for a year because he was dividing his money among his relatives to situate them in their proper positions.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was delayed in Bengal for a year while arranging his relatives’ financial affairs.
Although he had renounced family life, he was not unjust to his family members.
He properly divided whatever money he had so that his relatives would not be inconvenienced.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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 you pursue devotional life while remaining fair to those who depend on you?
Identify one family responsibility and take a small step today to address it fairly.
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