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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.240
প্রভু কহে, — তোমার কর্তব্য, আমার বচন ।
নিকটে আসিয়াছ তুমি, যাহ বৃন্দাবন ॥ ২৪০ ॥
prabhu kahe, — tomāra kartavya, āmāra vacana
nikaṭe āsiyācha tumi, yāha vṛndāvana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Your duty is to carry out My order. You have come near Vṛndāvana. Now you should go there.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that Rūpa Gosvāmī’s duty was to carry out His order.
The Lord pointed out that Rūpa Gosvāmī had come near Vṛndāvana.
He instructed Rūpa Gosvāmī to go there now.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana. The Lord Himself returned to Vārāṇasī and stayed at the home of Candraśekhara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s reply teach you about giving priority to His instruction?
Write down the instruction given here: to go to Vṛndāvana.
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