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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.112
সদ্গুণে, পাণ্ডিত্যে, সবার প্রিয় — সনাতন ।
যথাযোগ্য কৃপা-মৈত্রী-গৌরব-ভাজন ॥ ১১২ ॥
sad-guṇe, pāṇḍitye, sabāra priya — sanātana
yathā-yogya kṛpā-maitrī-gaurava-bhājana
Sanātana Gosvāmī was dear to everyone because of his exalted qualities and learning. Suitably, therefore, they bestowed upon him mercy, friendship and honor.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī was dear to everyone.
His exalted qualities and learning were the reasons for their affection.
The devotees suitably bestowed upon him mercy, friendship and honor.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Therefore, I did not go by that path, but instead went by the beach.” Sanātana Gosvāmī did not realize that there were burning blisters on his feet because of the heat of the sand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What good quality in a devotee can you sincerely appreciate?
Express appreciation to one devotee for a good quality you have observed.
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