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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 4.79 Antya 4.81

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.80

কৃষ্ণভক্তি, কৃষ্ণপ্রেমসেবা-প্রবর্তন ।

লুপ্ততীর্থ-উদ্ধার আর বৈরাগ্য-শিক্ষণ ॥ ৮০ ॥

kṛṣṇa-bhakti, kṛṣṇaprema-sevā-pravartana

lupta-tīrtha-uddhāra, āra vairāgya-śikṣaṇa

Translation

“You will also have to explain Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service, establish centers for cultivation of love of Kṛṣṇa, excavate lost places of pilgrimage and teach people how to adopt the renounced order.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Cultivating and Teaching Love of Kṛṣṇa

1
The Lord directs Sanātana Gosvāmī to explain Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service.
2
Sanātana must establish centers for cultivating love of Kṛṣṇa. These centers have a specifically devotional purpose.
3
He must also excavate lost places of pilgrimage and teach people how to adopt the renounced order. These are further tasks the Lord intends him to carry out.

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

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.” After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in Antya 4

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

kṛṣṇa-bhaktidevotional service to Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa-premalove of Kṛṣṇa
sevāservice
pravartanaestablishment of
lupta-tīrthathe lost places of pilgrimage
uddhāraexcavating
āraand
vairāgya-śikṣaṇainstruction on the renounced order of life

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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the purpose of cultivating love of Kṛṣṇa shape your understanding of a devotional center?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining that cultivating love of Kṛṣṇa is the purpose of the centers described here.

Live this todayCultivating and Teaching Love of KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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