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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.324
পুনঃ সনাতন কহে যুড়ি’ দুই করে ।
“প্রভু আজ্ঞা দিলা ‘বৈষ্ণবস্মৃতি’ করিবারে ॥ ৩২৪ ॥
punaḥ sanātana kahe yuḍi’ dui kare
“prabhu ājñā dilā ‘vaiṣṇava-smṛti’ karibāre
Folding his hands, Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “My Lord, You ordered me to write a directory about the activities of Vaiṣṇavas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī addresses the Lord with folded hands.
He recalls the Lord’s order that he write a directory about the activities of Vaiṣṇavas.
His respectful approach introduces his request for guidance in carrying out this task.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you bring a respectful attitude to a responsibility you have been given?
Before beginning one responsibility today, pause and consider how to carry it out respectfully.
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