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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 25]
sanātane kahilā,— tumi yāha' vṛndāvana tomāra dui bhāi tathā kariyāche gamana
SYNONYMS
sanātane kahilā—he advised Sanātana Gosvāmī; tumi—you; yāha' vṛndāvana—   go to Vṛndāvana; tomāra—your; dui bhāi—two brothers; tathā—there; kariyāche   gamana—have already gone.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sanātana Gosvāmī to proceed toward Vṛndāvana, and He informed him that his two brothers had already gone there.
TEXT 183
कांथा-करश्चिया मोर कांश्रान चक्षुर्गण ।
ब्रह्मावने आश्लेले तांदेर करिह पालन ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
kāṅthā-karaṅgiyā mora kāṅgāla bhakta-gaṇa vṛndāvane āile tāṅdera kariha pālana
SYNONYMS
kāṅthā—torn quilt; karaṅgiyā—a small waterpot; mora—My; kāṅgāla—poor;   bhakta-gaṇa—devotees; vṛndāvane āile—when they come to Vṛndāvana; tāṅ-   dera—of all of them; kariha pālana—take care.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sanātana Gosvāmī, "All My devotees who go to Vṛndāvana are generally very poor. They each have nothing with them but a torn quilt and a small waterpot. Therefore, Sanātana, you should give them shelter and maintain them."
PURPORT
Following in the footsteps of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we have constructed temples both in Vṛndāvana and Māyāpur, Navadvīpa, just to give shelter to the foreign devotees coming from Europe and America. Since the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement started, many Europeans and Americans have been visiting Vṛndāvana, but they have not been properly received by any  āśrama  or temple there. It is the purpose of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to give them shelter and train them in devotional service. There are also many tourists eager to come