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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.173
অপ্রাকৃত-দেহ তোমার ‘প্রাকৃত’ কভু নয় ।
তথাপি তোমার তাতে প্রাকৃত-বুদ্ধি হয় ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
aprākṛta-deha tomāra ‘prākṛta’ kabhu naya
tathāpi tomāra tāte prākṛta-buddhi haya
“Actually your body is transcendental, never material. You are thinking of it, however, in terms of a material conception.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A pure devotee desires only Kṛṣṇa’s happiness and accepts nothing for personal sense gratification.
Karmīs work for material enjoyment, but devotees work wholeheartedly for Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction. A body fully engaged in the Lord’s service must be accepted as transcendental.
Considering pure devotional activities equal to ordinary material activities is an offense to chanting the Lord’s transcendental holy name. A pure devotee’s body is suitable for rendering service to the Lord.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “chanting”, “holy name”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “pure devotee”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
In my activities today, am I seeking personal enjoyment or Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction?
Choose one act of devotional service and do it carefully with the intention of pleasing Kṛṣṇa.
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