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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.27
তোমার ভাই অনুপমের হৈল গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি ।
ভাল ছিল, রঘুনাথে দৃঢ় তার ভক্তি ।।” ২৭ ।। ॥ ২৭ ॥
tomāra bhāi anupamera haila gaṅgā-prāpti
bhāla chila, raghunāthe dṛḍha tāra bhakti”
“Your brother Anupama is now dead. He was a very good devotee who had firm conviction in Raghunātha [Lord Rāmacandra].”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that his brother Anupama had died.
The Lord described Anupama as a very good devotee.
Anupama had firm conviction in Raghunātha, Lord Rāmacandra. The Lord remembered this devotion when speaking of him.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.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.
What do I appreciate about Anupama’s firm conviction in the Lord?
Take a quiet moment to reflect on Anupama’s steadfast devotion to Lord Rāmacandra.
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