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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.159
ব্যবহারে-পরমার্থে তুমি — তার গুরু-তুল্য ।
তোমারে উপদেশে, না জানে আপন-মূল্য ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
vyavahāre-paramārthe tumi — tāra guru-tulya
tomāre upadeśe, nā jāne āpana-mūlya
“In affairs of spiritual advancement and even in ordinary dealings, you are on the level of his spiritual master. Yet not knowing his own value, he dares to advise you.
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In spiritual advancement, Sanātana Gosvāmī is on the level of Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s spiritual master.
The Lord says this is also true in ordinary dealings.
Jagadānanda nevertheless dares to advise him, not recognizing his own position.
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:
Jagadānanda advised him to return to Vṛndāvana after the car festival of Jagannātha, but when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard about this instruction, He chastised Jagadānanda Paṇḍita and reminded him that Sanātana Gosvāmī was senior to him and also more learned. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that because Sanātana was a pure devotee, the Lord was never inconvenienced by his bodily condition.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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