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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.244
কাশীতে প্রভুকে আসি’ মিলিলা সনাতন ।
দুই মাস রহি’ তাঁরে করাইলা শিক্ষণ ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
kāśīte prabhuke āsi’ mililā sanātana
dui māsa rahi’ tāṅre karāilā śikṣaṇa
When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Vārāṇasī, Sanātana Gosvāmī met Him there. The Lord remained there for two months and instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī perfectly.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu when the Lord arrived at Vārāṇasī.
The Lord remained there for two months.
During that time, He instructed Sanātana Gosvāmī perfectly.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to give time and attention to receiving devotional instruction?
Set aside two quiet minutes today to reread this account of the Lord instructing Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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