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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.350

kālena vṛndāvana-keli-vārtā

lupteti tāḿ khyāpayituḿ viśiṣya

kṛpāmṛtenābhiṣiṣeca devas

tatraiva rūpaḿ ca sanātanaḿ ca

SYNONYMS

kālenain 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; khyāpayitumto enunciate; viśiṣya — making specific; kṛpā-amṛtena — with the nectar of mercy; abhiṣiṣeca — sprinkled; devaḥ — the Lord; tatra — there; eva — indeed; rūpamŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; ca — and; sanātanamSanātana Gosvāmī; caas 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 empowered Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī with the nectar of His mercy to carry out this work in Vṛndāvana."

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