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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 4.218Antya 4.220

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.219

সনাতন গ্রন্থ কৈলা ‘ভাগবতামৃতে’ ।

ভক্ত-ভক্তি-কৃষ্ণ-তত্ত্ব জানি যাহা হৈতে ॥ ২১৯ ॥

sanātana grantha kailā ‘bhāgavatāmṛte’

bhakta-bhakti-kṛṣṇa-tattva jāni yāhā haite

Translation

Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī compiled the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta. From this book one can understand who is a devotee, what is the process of devotional service, and who is Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Understanding Devotees, Devotional Service and Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī compiled the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta.

  2. 2

    From this book, one can understand who is a devotee and what the process of devotional service is.

  3. 3

    The book also explains who Kṛṣṇa is, identifying Him as the Absolute Truth.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that because Sanātana was a pure devotee, the Lord was never inconvenienced by his bodily condition. Because the Lord was a sannyāsī, He did not consider one body better than another.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī
  2. granthabooks
  3. kailācompiled
  4. bhāgavatāmṛtein the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta
  5. bhaktadevotee
  6. bhaktidevotional service
  7. kṛṣṇa-tattvaKṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth
  8. jāniwe know
  9. yāhā haitefrom which
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these subjects would you most like to understand more clearly: the devotee, devotional service or Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write down the three subjects taught in the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta and one question you hope to explore through studying it.

Live this todayUnderstanding Devotees, Devotional Service and KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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