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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.124
তপ্ত-বালুকায় তোমার পায় হৈল ব্রণ ।
চলিতে না পার, কেমনে করিলা সহন ?” ১২৪ ।। ॥ ১২৪ ॥
tapta-vālukāya tomāra pāya haila vraṇa
calite nā pāra, kemane karilā sahana?”
“The hot sand must have blistered your soles. Now you cannot walk. How did you tolerate it?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognized that the hot sand must have blistered Sanātana’s soles.
He expressed concern that Sanātana could no longer walk.
His question, “How did you tolerate it?” shows His attention to Sanātana’s suffering.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sanātana Gosvāmī did not realize that there were burning blisters on his feet because of the heat of the sand. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was pleased to hear about Sanātana Gosvāmī’s great respect for the temple of Lord Śrī Jagannātha.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.
Do I notice when someone is enduring discomfort without speaking about it?
Gently ask someone who seems uncomfortable whether you can help.
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