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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.216
সব মনঃকথা গোসাঞি করি’ নির্বাহণ ।
নিশ্চিন্ত হঞা শীঘ্র আইলা বৃন্দাবন ॥ ২১৬ ॥
saba manaḥ-kathā gosāñi kari’ nirvāhaṇa
niścinta hañā śīghra āilā vṛndāvana
Thus after finishing all the tasks he had on his mind, he returned to Vṛndāvana fully satisfied.
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Rūpa Gosvāmī finished all the tasks he had on his mind.
These tasks included collecting and distributing his money in Bengal.
With those matters completed, he returned to Vṛndāvana fully satisfied.
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:
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”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which unfinished responsibility could you address to give fuller attention to devotional life?
Complete one small outstanding task today before setting aside time for devotional study.
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