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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.180
এই লাগি’ তোমা ত্যাগ করিতে না যুয়ায় ।
ঘৃণা-বুদ্ধি করি যদি, নিজ-ধর্ম যায় ।।” ১৮০ ।। ॥ ১৮০ ॥
ei lāgi’ tomā tyāga karite nā yuyāya
ghṛṇā-buddhi kari yadi, nija-dharma yāya”
“For this reason, I cannot reject you. If I hated you, I would deviate from My occupational duty.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord tells Sanātana that He cannot reject him.
He says that hating Sanātana would mean deviating from His occupational duty.
The following exchange reveals that His acceptance also expresses deep affection, not merely formal duty.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When might dislike tempt me to neglect someone I should care for?
Carry out one small responsibility of care today without letting dislike guide you.
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