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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.154
বীভৎস স্পর্শিতে না কর ঘৃণা-লেশে ।
এই অপরাধে মোর হবে সর্বনাশে ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
bībhatsa sparśite nā kara ghṛṇā-leśe
ei aparādhe mora habe sarva-nāśe
“My dear Sir, You do not have even a pinch of aversion to touching my body, which is in a horrible condition. Because of this offense, everything auspicious will be vanquished for me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī observed that the Lord had not even a pinch of aversion to touching him.
He described his own body as being in a horrible condition.
Sanātana feared that what he considered an offense would destroy everything auspicious for him. His fear stands beside the Lord’s complete lack of aversion.
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 informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that because Sanātana was a pure devotee, the Lord was never inconvenienced by his bodily condition. Because the Lord was a sannyāsī, He did not consider one body better than another.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about the Lord’s lack of aversion in the face of Sanātana Gosvāmī’s distress?
Reflect for one minute on the words “not even a pinch of aversion” and write down what they reveal about the Lord’s treatment of Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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