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    ' r ind avan in Northern India is assoc iated with

    history and is an

    important pi lgr image si te. One of i ts oldest

    surviving temples is Sri Sri Madan-Mohan

    temple. Lord Chai tanya Mahaprabhu was able

    to locate al l the important places of Lord

    Kr ishna's past imes in and around Vr indavana.Later He entrusted the task of establ ishing the

    palces of Lord Krishnas past imes to one of his

    int imate assoic iate Sanantana-Goswami .

    Sanatana-Goswami establ ished

    Sri Sri Radha Madan -Moh anj i temp le in

    Vr indavan.

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    In Mathura there lived a

    brahmin called Parashuram Choube

    with his family. A great goudiya saint

    Advaita acharya gave Choube a

    beautiful deity of Sri Madan-Mohan

    r Bengal. He requested

    e of Sri Madan-Mohan.

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    One day Sri Sanatana Goswami*

    was doing his regular rounds of

    Madhukari-cooked food offered

    as alms, in Mathura.He came to the brahmin

    n int imate assoic iate of Lord Chai tanya Mahaprabh u

    He saw the brahmins children

    were playing wjth Sri li/ladan-Mohan !

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    Dont you know

    He is Supreme person?

    You cannot allow

    your children to play

    k with Him like this, a

    Oh I am

    sorry ...I really

    dont know.

    He immediately instructed Choubeabout the rules and regulations

    about how to treat a deity.... mmm

    .

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    Oh forgive me for

    my offense... my

    Lord..

    This made Madan-Mohan upset, He

    appeared in Sanatana Goswamis

    dream.

    ^ I was happy playing N.

    with the children as

    one of their family member.

    Now that you have introduced

    so many rules and

    regulations that I am ,

    not comfortable.... y

    Sanatana Goswami woke up and

    decided to seek apology from the

    brahmin.

    Choube instructed his children

    not to play with Madan-Mohan.

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    s interrupted by t!tana Goswa

    The same night Sri Madan-Mohan

    also appeared in brahmin Choubes

    dream.

    WS You have many

    f children to take care.

    Ask Sanatana Goswami

    V to take Me with him

    \ when he comes. J

    Next day Sanatana Goswami came

    to meet Choube to seek apology.

    Sir, forgive me for

    my offense.

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    I had my instruction

    from Sri Madan-Mohan

    Sanatanaposwami kefufeed to

    take Sri Madan-Mohaiywith him.Saintly people eanonly to maintain tljtir body- so they eat drychappatis - flat brdad m ade of w he at/lo ur with out oil on fire.

    He rushed inside his house and

    brought Sri Madan-Mohan

    and gave to Sanatana Goswami.

    Oh....no I am a mendicantWhat good I can offe r to

    My Lord - 1live on dry

    chappathis*.

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    That night Sri Madan-Mohan appeared

    in Sanatana Goswamis dream Next day Sanatana Goswami brought

    Sri Madan-Mohan and placed Him under

    a tree near his bhajan kutir at Dyadasadity

    hill and resumed his writing works.*w 'th

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    I am sorry my Lord. ^I cannot - your are

    asking salttoday ..tomorrowyou may askme for sweets.I am an old manwith lots of writingwork to do.

    Kindly acceptthese dry chappatis

    y Sanatana... ^

    can you serve mesome salt.This

    chappatis are so dry

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    S Sir dont worry n

    There is one saint living

    on this hill. He will

    help you.Oh my Lord., what am I

    going to do now?

    On the same d a y.... a wealti

    Ramdas Kapoor had his bod

    and was sailing down the rtfet

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    His boat got stuck on th i

    river bank near the bhaiaia

    Sanatana Goswami

    He was worried.

    Suddenly a cowherd boy appeared on

    the banks of the river and said

    Saying this He walked away.

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    r Maharaj ^

    kindly help

    me ....my boat

    got stuck on the

    river banks....

    You should pray to

    Madan-Mohan

    He can help you.

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    The merchant prayed to

    Sri Madan-Mohan for help

    I will come on my

    way back....thank you..!

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    11 H i

    He offered a lot of wealth to

    Sanatana GoswamiReaching Agra the merchant sold

    all his goods for a good profit and

    returned to Sanatana Goswami

    on his way.

    Kindly accept this

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    wI dont need this...use

    this to build a nice templefor Madan-Mohan.

    With his wealth the merchant

    built a beautiful temple andwith great pomp installed

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    Later hearing about Sri Madan-Mohan

    temple ...

    King Pratap Rudra of Puri sent two

    deities to Sri Madan-Mohan templein Vrindavan.

    Sri Madan -Mohan instructed His

    pujaris to place Lalitha the big one and

    Srimati Radha the small one on His

    either side.

    Lalitha

    TQO years later during MughalTnvasion , fearing for me safety o l

    the Sri MBaan-Mohan the villagers

    moved Him to Jaipur and then *o

    H^rauli and where Heju a s worshipped.

    i m ' A.

    Lot of tem plet in IVtethura

    and V rin d a ^n were.destroyed by

    ighal soldiers and the old

    lr.i Madan-M

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    Even today if you travel to

    Vrindavan - Mathura in India

    you can see the splendid temple andhave the darshan of

    Sri Sri Radha Madan-Mohan.

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    Sii Sri. HadM

    Madan-Motai M Jai!

    The literary works

    of Srila Sanatana Goswami

    Sanatana Goswami wrote four important books in Sanskrit

    on Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy:

    Brihat-bhagavtamrita("The Great Nectar of the Lords Devotees")

    Hari-bhakti-vilasa("Performance of Devotion to Hari")

    Krishna-lila-stava("Glorification of the Pastimes of Krishna")

    Brihad Vaishnava Toshani

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    shna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare HaneRama Hare