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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.165
শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু কিছু লজ্জিত হৈলা মনে ।
তাঁরে সন্তোষিতে কিছু বলেন বচনে ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
śuni’ mahāprabhu kichu lajjita hailā mane
tāṅre santoṣite kichu balena vacane
Hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was somewhat ashamed. Just to satisfy Sanātana Gosvāmī, He spoke the following words.
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Hearing Sanātana Gosvāmī’s words, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu feels somewhat ashamed.
He speaks specifically to satisfy Sanātana Gosvāmī.
His following words address Sanātana Gosvāmī’s concern about their intimate relationship.
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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In this verse: “relationship”
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