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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.113
এই সুখ লাগি’ আমি করিলুঁ সন্ন্যাস ! আমার ‘সর্বনাশ’ — তোমা-সবার ‘পরিহাস’ ॥ ১১৩ ॥
ei sukha lāgi’ āmi kariluṅ sannyāsa!
āmāra ‘sarva-nāśa’ — tomā-sabāra ‘parihāsa’
“Have I taken sannyāsa for such happiness? Accepting this oil would bring My ruination, and all of you would laugh.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared Himself a strict sannyāsī and questioned whether He had taken sannyāsa for such happiness.
The purport explains that a sannyāsī is not supposed to take help from anyone. Retaining a masseur would indicate dependence on others.
The Lord wanted to follow very strictly the principle of not accepting anyone’s help for His bodily comfort. He said accepting the oil would bring His ruination and make others laugh.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “dependence”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s example help me distinguish necessary help from dependence for unnecessary comfort?
Do one simple task for your own comfort yourself today rather than asking someone else to do it.
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