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Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

Verse 119 of 253
Cc Madhya 19.119

কালেন বৃন্দাবনকেলিবার্তা লুপ্তেতি তাং খ্যাপযিতুং বিশিষ্য কৃপামৃতেনাভিষিষেচ দেবস্তত্রৈব রূপং চ সনাতনং চ

कालेन वृन्दावनकेलिवार्ता लुप्तेति तां ख्यापयितुं विशिष्य कृपामृतेनाभिषिषेच देवस्तत्रैव रूपं च सनातनं च

kālena vṛndāvana-keli-vārtā lupteti tāṁ khyāpayituṁ viśiṣya kṛpāmṛtenābhiṣiṣeca devas tatraiva rūpaṁ ca sanātanaṁ ca

Synonyms

kālena—in the course of time; vṛndāvana-keli-vārtā—topics concerning the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana; luptā—almost lost; iti—thus; tām—all those; khyāpayitum—to enunciate; viśiṣya—making specific; kṛpā-amṛtena—with the nectar of mercy; abhiṣiṣeca—sprinkled; devaḥ—the Lord; tatra—there; eva—indeed; rūpam—Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; ca—and; sanātanam—Sanātana Gosvāmī; ca—as well as..

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, at Prayāga, empowered Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī with the nectar of His mercy to carry out this work in Vṛndāvana.

Purport

This verse and the following two verses are from Act Nine (38,29,30) of Caitanya-candrodaya by Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra.

Verse 119 of 253