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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.122
প্রভু কহে, — ‘কোন্ পথে আইলা, সনাতন ?’ তেঁহ কহে, — ‘সমুদ্র-পথে, করিলুঁ আগমন ।।’ ১২২ ।। ॥ ১২২ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ‘kon pathe āilā, sanātana?’
teṅha kahe, — ‘samudra-pathe, kariluṅ āgamana’
When the Lord inquired, “By which path have you come?” Sanātana Gosvāmī replied, “I have come on the path along the beach.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Sanātana Gosvāmī which path he had taken.
Sanātana Gosvāmī replied that he had come along the beach.
His answer simply named the path, without mentioning the burns and blisters described earlier.
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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī reached the Lord through the path along the beach by the sea. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Sanātana Gosvāmī which way he had come, Sanātana replied, “Many servitors of Lord Jagannātha come and go on the path by the Siṁha-dvāra gate of the Jagannātha temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the simplicity of Sanātana Gosvāmī’s reply?
When answering a question today, give a clear, straightforward reply without unnecessary embellishment.
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