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without contributing his mite, however humble it may be, to the
Gaura-Viñëupriyä Temple fund." Truly, Öhäkura Bhaktivinoda honored the
houses of many persons for the furfillment of the noble object he had
undertaken. He went to persons to whom he would not have gone for any
purpose but for this mission of Lord Caitanya, and his efforts were not
fruitless, since the sum collected contributed to the construction of a building
on the holy site of Lord Caitanya's appearance.
The work of preaching the holy name was also in full swing, and it spread
fast into the distant corners of the globe. The
Gauräìga-smaraëa-maìgala-stotra, with a preface in English containing the
life and precepts of Çré Caitanya, came out from Bhaktivinoda's pen soon after
the discovery of Lord Caitanya's birthplace and found its place in all the
learned institutions of both hemispheres.
The more the names of Lord Caitanya and Lord Kåñëa were preached, the
merrier was Öhäkura Bhaktivinoda. He thereafter made annotations of Çré
Brahmä-saàhitä and Çré Kåñëa-karëämåta and gave to the world his immortal
and precious works Çré Harinäma-cintämaëi and Bhajana-rahasya. He also
edited, with commentary, Çrémad-bhägavatärka-maréci-mälä, which contains
all the most prominent çlokas of the Çrémad-Bhägavatam pertaining to the
Vaiñëava philosophy. His pen never tired, and it produced many other
Vaiñëava philosophical works. He would begin his writings very late at night,
after completing his government work, and stay up until one or two o'clock in
the morning composing songs and literatures. Most of his works appeared in
the Sajjana-toñaëé magazine. He was equally engaged in writing and in
preaching the holy name in many districts of Bengal. His personal
appearances at villages had marvelous effects on the people. To maintain the
center at Nadia he built a house at Çré Godrumadvépa which is called Çré
Svänanda-sukhada-kuïja. Here in this abode the preaching of hari-näma
continued in full swing.
It was at the beginning of the twentieth century that he chose to live at
Puré and build a house on the beachfront there. Many honest souls sought his
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