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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.228
সর্ব ত্যজি’ তেঁহো পাছে আইলা বৃন্দাবন ।
তেঁহ ভক্তিশাস্ত্র বহু কৈলা প্রচারণ ॥ ২২৮ ॥
sarva tyaji’ teṅho pāche āilā vṛndāvana
teṅha bhakti-śāstra bahu kailā pracāraṇa
After renouncing everything, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana. Later he also wrote many books on devotional service and expanded the work of preaching.
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After renouncing everything, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana.
He later wrote many books on devotional service.
His writing expanded the work of preaching. His renunciation was followed by active devotional service.
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:
In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī. After narrating these incidents, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has given a list of the main books of Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Jīva Gosvāmī.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.
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”
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”
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What could you set aside to make more room for devotional service?
Set aside one optional activity today and use that time to study a teaching on devotional service.
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