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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.133Antya 4.135

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.134

বার বার নিষেধেন, তবু করে আলিঙ্গন ।

অঙ্গে রসা লাগে, দুঃখ পায় সনাতন ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

bāra bāra niṣedhena, tabu kare āliṅgana

aṅge rasā lāge, duḥkha pāya sanātana

Translation

Although Sanātana Gosvāmī repeatedly forbade Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to embrace him, the Lord still did so. Thus His body was smeared with the moisture from Sanātana’s body, and Sanātana became greatly distressed.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sanātana feels distress at the embrace

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī repeatedly asks Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu not to embrace him.

  2. 2

    The Lord nevertheless embraces him, and moisture from Sanātana’s body smears His body.

  3. 3

    Sanātana becomes greatly distressed at this contact; his concern is for the Lord.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because his disease produced wet sores on his body, Sanātana Gosvāmī used to avoid embracing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but nevertheless the Lord would embrace him by force. This made Sanātana Gosvāmī very unhappy, and therefore he consulted Jagadānanda Paṇḍita about what he should do.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bāra bāraagain and again
  2. niṣedhenaforbids
  3. tabustill
  4. kare āliṅganaHe embraces
  5. aṅgeon the body
  6. rasā lāgeoozing moisture touches
  7. duḥkhaunhappiness
  8. pāyagets
  9. sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Sanātana’s concern for the Lord help me understand his distress?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining why Sanātana is distressed, keeping his concern for the Lord in view.

Live this todaySanātana feels distress at the embraceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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