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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.126
সিংহদ্বারে যাইতে মোর নাহি অধিকার ।
বিশেষে — ঠাকুরের তাহাঁ সেবকের প্রচার ॥ ১২৬ ॥
siṁha-dvāre yāite mora nāhi adhikāra
viśeṣe — ṭhākurera tāhāṅ sevakera pracāra
“I have no right to pass by the Siṁha-dvāra, for the servants of Jagannātha are always coming and going there.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī considered himself unqualified to pass by the Siṁha-dvāra.
He explained that the servants of Jagannātha were always coming and going there.
His concern for their passage explains why he avoided the cooler path.
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:
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. Therefore, I did not go by that path, but instead went by the beach.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “unqualified”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I be more considerate of those carrying out temple service?
When visiting a place of worship, keep paths used by those serving clear.
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