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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 18.229Madhya 19.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.1

বৃন্দাবনীয়াং রসকেলিবার্তাং

কালেন লুপ্তাং নিজশক্তিমুৎকঃ ।

সঞ্চার্য রূপে ব্যতনোৎ পুনঃ স

প্রভুর্বিধৌ প্রাগিব লোকসৃষ্টিম্ ॥ ১ ॥

vṛndāvanīyāṁ rasa-keli-vārtāṁ

kālena luptāṁ nija-śaktim utkaḥ

sañcārya rūpe vyatanot punaḥ sa

prabhur vidhau prāg iva loka-sṛṣṭim

Translation

Before the creation of this cosmic manifestation, the Lord enlightened the heart of Lord Brahmā with the details of the creation and manifested the Vedic knowledge. In exactly the same way, the Lord, being anxious to revive the Vṛndāvana pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa, impregnated the heart of Rūpa Gosvāmī with spiritual potency. By this potency, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could revive the activities of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, activities almost lost to memory. In this way, He spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness throughout the world.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Empowers Rūpa Gosvāmī

  1. 1

    Before creation, the Lord enlightened Lord Brahmā’s heart with the details of creation and manifested Vedic knowledge.

  2. 2

    In the same way, the Lord filled Rūpa Gosvāmī’s heart with spiritual potency to revive Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Vṛndāvana pastimes.

  3. 3

    Through this potency, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī revived Kṛṣṇa’s activities that were almost lost to memory. In this way, the Lord spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness throughout the world.

How it feels

Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.

The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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

They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vṛndāvanīyāmrelated to Vṛndāvana
  2. rasa-keli-vārtāmtalks about the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
  3. kālenawith the course of time
  4. luptāmlost
  5. nija-śaktimHis personal potency
  6. utkaḥbeing eager
  7. sañcāryainfusing
  8. rūpeto Rūpa Gosvāmī
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Key ideas in this 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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does recognizing the Lord’s spiritual potency change your understanding of Rūpa Gosvāmī’s work?

Practice

Reread the translation and pause to appreciate the Lord’s desire to revive Kṛṣṇa’s Vṛndāvana pastimes.

Live this todayThe Lord Empowers Rūpa GosvāmīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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