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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.179
আমি ত’ — সন্ন্যাসী, আমার ‘সম-দৃষ্টি’ ধর্ম ।
চন্দন-পঙ্কেতে আমার জ্ঞান হয় ‘সম’ ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
āmi ta’ — sannyāsī, āmāra ‘sama-dṛṣṭi’ dharma
candana-paṅkete āmāra jñāna haya ‘sama’
“Since I am in the renounced order, My duty is to make no distinctions and be equipoised. My knowledge must be equally disposed toward sandalwood pulp and dirty mud.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A sannyāsī, a learned person and a Vaiṣṇava should remain equipoised, without treating material things as important for sense gratification.
An advanced devotee neither desires sandalwood pulp for enjoyment nor hates mud because it offers no such enjoyment. Material enjoyment and rejection are not the devotee’s concern.
The devotee accepts whatever favors advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A Vaiṣṇava should always hanker for the spiritual life of 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:
Because the Lord was a sannyāsī, He did not consider one body better than another. The Lord also informed him that He was maintaining Sanātana and the other devotees just like a father.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favors”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I accepting or rejecting things for personal enjoyment, or for their value in the Lord’s service?
When choosing whether to use something today, ask whether it will help your devotional service, and decide on that basis.
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