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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse
Madhya 24.349Madhya 24.351

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.350

কালেন বৃন্দাবনকেলি-বার্তা

লুপ্তেতি তাং খ্যাপয়িতুং বিশিষ্য ।

কৃপামৃতেনাভিষিষেচ দেব-

স্তত্রৈব রূপঞ্চ সনাতনঞ্চ ॥ ৩৫০ ॥

kālena vṛndāvana-keli-vārtā

lupteti tāṁ khyāpayituṁ viśiṣya

kṛpāmṛtenābhiṣiṣeca devas

tatraiva rūpaṁ ca sanātanaṁ ca

Translation

“In the course of time, the transcendental news of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vṛndāvana was almost lost. To enunciate explicitly those transcendental pastimes, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu empowered Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī with the nectar of His mercy to carry out this work in Vṛndāvana.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mercy Empowers the Work of Devotion

  1. 1

    Over time, the transcendental news of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in Vṛndāvana had become almost lost.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu empowered Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī with the nectar of His mercy.

  3. 3

    Their task was to explain those transcendental pastimes explicitly. They were empowered to carry out this work in Vṛndāvana.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kālenain the course of time
  2. vṛndāvana-keli-vārtātopics concerning the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana
  3. luptāalmost lost
  4. itithus
  5. tāmall those
  6. khyāpayitumto enunciate
  7. viśiṣyamaking specific
  8. kṛpā-amṛtenawith the nectar of mercy
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • 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 this account deepen my appreciation for the mercy behind these teachings?

Practice

Write one sentence expressing gratitude for the preservation of knowledge about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

Live this todayMercy Empowers the Work of DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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