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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.217Antya 4.219

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.218

নানাশাস্ত্র আনি’ লুপ্ত-তীর্থ উদ্ধারিলা ।

বৃন্দাবনে কৃষ্ণসেবা প্রকাশ করিলা ॥ ২১৮ ॥

nānā-śāstra āni’ lupta-tīrtha uddhārilā

vṛndāvane kṛṣṇa-sevā prakāśa karilā

Translation

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī collected many revealed scriptures, and from the evidence in those scriptures they excavated all the lost sites of pilgrimage. Thus they established temples for the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Scriptural Evidence Guides Sacred Service

  1. 1

    Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī collected many revealed scriptures.

  2. 2

    Using evidence from those scriptures, they excavated all the lost sites of pilgrimage.

  3. 3

    They established temples for the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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:

Whatever money he owned, he distributed among his relatives, the brāhmaṇas and the temples. In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nānā-śāstradifferent types of revealed scripture
  2. āni’bringing together
  3. lupta-tīrthathe lost sites of the holy places
  4. uddhārilāexcavated
  5. vṛndāvaneat Vṛndāvana
  6. kṛṣṇa-sevāLord Kṛṣṇa’s direct service
  7. prakāśa karilāmanifested
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does their reliance on scriptural evidence teach you about approaching devotional study?

Practice

When reading today, identify one statement directly supported by the text rather than by your own assumption.

Live this todayScriptural Evidence Guides Sacred ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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