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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.104
বৃন্দাবনে কৃষ্ণসেবা, বৈষ্ণব-আচার ।
ভক্তিস্মৃতিশাস্ত্র করি’ করিহ প্রচার ॥ ১০৪ ॥
vṛndāvane kṛṣṇa-sevā, vaiṣṇava-ācāra
bhakti-smṛti-śāstra kari’ kariha pracāra
“Establish devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī in Vṛndāvana. You should also compile bhakti scriptures and preach the bhakti cult from Vṛndāvana.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī was instructed to establish devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī in Vṛndāvana. He was to compile bhakti scriptures, broadcast them, and establish their conclusions.
His work included restoring lost places of pilgrimage, such as Vṛndāvana and Rādhā-kuṇḍa, and establishing temple worship and Deities. Sanātana Gosvāmī established the Madana-mohana temple, and Rūpa Gosvāmī established the Govindajī temple.
He was also to explain the behavior of a Vaiṣṇava, as he did in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa. In these ways, he was empowered to establish Vaiṣṇavism.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
He gives a description of Goloka Vṛndāvana, where the Lord is engaged in His eternal pastimes described in the Hari-vaṁśa. There is also an opposing description and a favorable description of keśa-avatāra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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 can my study of devotional teachings become more closely connected with my behavior?
Choose one teaching on Vaiṣṇava behavior from this batch and put it into practice today.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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