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CC Ādi 10.94

Bengali

বৃন্দাবনে দুই ভাইর চরণ দেখিয়া ।
গোবর্ধনে ত্যজিব দেহ ভৃগুপাত করিয়া ॥ ৯৪ ॥

Text

vṛndāvane dui bhāira caraṇa dekhiyā
govardhane tyajiba deha bhṛgupāta kariyā

Synonyms

vṛndāvane — at Vṛndāvana; dui bhāira — the two brothers (Rūpa and Sanātana); caraṇa — feet; dekhiyā — after seeing; govardhane — on the hill of Govardhana; tyajiba — will give up; deha — this body; bhṛgupāta — falling down; kariyā — doing so.

Translation

Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī intended to go to Vṛndāvana to see the lotus feet of Rūpa and Sanātana and then give up his life by jumping from Govardhana Hill.

Purport

Jumping from the top of Govardhana Hill is a system of suicide especially performed by saintly persons. After the disappearance of Lord Caitanya and Svarūpa Dāmodara, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī keenly felt separation from these two exalted personalities and therefore decided to give up his life by jumping from Govardhana Hill in Vṛndāvana. Before doing so, however, he wanted to see the lotus feet of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.