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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.91
প্রথম সূত্র প্রভুর সন্ন্যাসকরণ ।
সন্ন্যাস করি’ চলিলা প্রভু শ্রীবৃন্দাবন ॥ ৯১ ॥
prathama sūtra prabhura sannyāsa-karaṇa
sannyāsa kari’ calilā prabhu śrī-vṛndāvana
This is the first synopsis: After accepting the sannyāsa order, Caitanya Mahāprabhu proceeded toward Vṛndāvana.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After accepting sannyāsa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu proceeded toward Vṛndāvana. His renunciation was unlike that of Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, who desire to merge into the existence of the Absolute.
For a Vaiṣṇava, renunciation means giving up attachment to material things and completely devoting oneself to the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
Vaiṣṇavas do not consider the world false; it is meant for the Lord’s service. Devotional service means engaging everything for His satisfaction rather than personal sense enjoyment.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could something I own be used for the Lord’s satisfaction rather than only my own enjoyment?
Choose one thing you own and use it today in service to the Lord.
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