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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 3.272Antya 4.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.1

বৃন্দাবনাৎ পুনঃ প্রাপ্তং শ্রীগৌরঃ শ্রীসনাতনম্ ।

দেহপাতাদবন্ স্নেহাৎ শুদ্ধং চক্রে পরীক্ষয়া ॥ ১ ॥

vṛndāvanāt punaḥ prāptaṁ

śrī-gauraḥ śrī-sanātanam

deha-pātād avan snehāt

śuddhaṁ cakre parīkṣayā

Translation

When Sanātana Gosvāmī returned from Vṛndāvana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu affectionately saved him from his determination to commit suicide. Then, after testing him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu purified his body.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu affectionately protects Sanātana

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī returned from Vṛndāvana with a determination to commit suicide.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu affectionately saved him from that determination.

  3. 3

    After testing Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu purified his body.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Suffering greatly from this itching, he resolved that in the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu he would throw himself under the wheel of Jagannātha’s car and in this way commit suicide. When Sanātana Gosvāmī came to Jagannātha Purī, he stayed under the care of Haridāsa Ṭhākura for some time, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very happy to see him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vṛndāvanātfrom Vṛndāvana
  2. punaḥagain
  3. prāptamreceived
  4. śrī-gauraḥLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. śrī-sanātanamŚrī Sanātana Gosvāmī
  6. deha-pātātfrom giving up his body
  7. avanprotecting
  8. snehātby affection
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s affectionate protection?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing on the words “affectionately saved him.”

Live this todayŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu affectionately protects SanātanaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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