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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.138
নিষেধিতে প্রভু আলিঙ্গন করেন মোরে ।
মোর কণ্ডুরসা লাগে প্রভুর শরীরে ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
niṣedhite prabhu āliṅgana karena more
mora kaṇḍu-rasā lāge prabhura śarīre
“Although I forbid Him to do so, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nevertheless embraces me, and therefore His body becomes smeared with the discharges from my itching sores.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana explains that he asks Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu not to embrace him.
Nevertheless, the Lord continues to embrace him.
Sanātana’s concern is that the discharges from his itching sores smear the Lord’s body.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I listening carefully enough to understand the particular cause of another person’s distress?
When someone shares a concern today, listen fully before offering advice.
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