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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.137
“ইহাঁ আইলাঙ প্রভুরে দেখি’ দুঃখ খণ্ডাইতে ।
যেবা মনে, তাহা প্রভু না দিলা করিতে ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
“ihāṅ āilāṅa prabhure dekhi’ duḥkha khaṇḍāite
yebā mane, tāhā prabhu nā dilā karite
“I came here to diminish my unhappiness by seeing Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but the Lord did not allow me to execute what was in my mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana came to see Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to diminish his unhappiness.
He says that the Lord did not allow him to carry out what was in his mind.
He openly describes this disappointment to Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was pleased to hear about Sanātana Gosvāmī’s great respect for the temple of Lord Śrī Jagannātha. 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.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.
How honestly can I acknowledge disappointment when events do not follow my hopes?
Write down one hope that has not unfolded as you expected, naming your feelings plainly.
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