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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.81
নিজ-প্রিয়স্থান মোর — মথুরা-বৃন্দাবন ।
তাঁহা এত ধর্ম চাহি করিতে প্রচারণ ॥ ৮১ ॥
nija-priya-sthāna mora — mathurā-vṛndāvana
tāhāṅ eta dharma cāhi karite pracāraṇa
“Mathurā-Vṛndāvana is My own very dear abode. I want to do many things there to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mathurā and Vṛndāvana are Lord Kṛṣṇa’s abodes and are very dear to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. His principal mission was to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Sanātana Gosvāmī compiled Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta to teach devotional service and love of Kṛṣṇa. He also compiled Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, collecting authoritative scriptural instructions on Vaiṣṇava behavior.
Sanātana Gosvāmī recovered lost pilgrimage places and established Madana-mohana, the first Deity in the Vṛndāvana area. His personal example taught renunciation and how to live in Vṛndāvana completely devoted to the Lord’s service.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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 summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the 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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can my own behavior support what I learn about devotional service?
Choose one act of devotional service today and do it with particular care.
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