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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.15
মহাপ্রভু দেখিতে তাঁর উৎকণ্ঠিত মন ।
হরিদাস কহে, — ‘প্রভু আসিবেন এখন ।।’ ১৫ ।। ॥ ১৫ ॥
mahāprabhu dekhite tāṅra utkaṇṭhita mana
haridāsa kahe, — ‘prabhu āsibena ekhana’
Sanātana Gosvāmī was very eager to see the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, “The Lord is coming here very soon.”
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Sanātana Gosvāmī is very eager to see the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura responds to that eagerness with reassuring news.
He tells Sanātana Gosvāmī that the Lord will come there very soon.
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:
The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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.
What can I learn from Sanātana Gosvāmī’s eagerness and Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s reassurance?
Offer one truthful, reassuring word to someone who is waiting eagerly for something important.
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