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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.127
সেবক গতাগতি করে, নাহি অবসর ।
তার স্পর্শ হৈলে, সর্বনাশ হবে মোর ।।” ১২৭ ।। ॥ ১২৭ ॥
sevaka gatāgati kare, nāhi avasara
tāra sparśa haile, sarva-nāśa habe mora”
“The servants are always coming and going without interval. If I touch them, I shall be ruined.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana feared touching Jagannātha’s servants as they continually passed through the gate.
Sanātana Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura considered themselves mlecchas and yavanas because of their past association with Muslims. They therefore avoided entering the temple or walking before its gate.
The purport emphasizes that priests performing Deity worship should carefully maintain ritual purity. It describes avoiding contact with outsiders as an important observance in temple worship.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 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
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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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I respectfully learn the observances followed by those performing Deity worship?
Ask a temple representative about one etiquette rule for visitors, or read the temple’s visitor guidance.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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