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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.186
মাতার যৈছে বালকের ‘অমেধ্য’ লাগে গায় ।
ঘৃণা নাহি জন্মে, আর মহাসুখ পায় ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
mātāra yaiche bālakera ‘amedhya’ lāge gāya
ghṛṇā nāhi janme, āra mahā-sukha pāya
“When a child passes stool and urine that touch the body of the mother, the mother never hates the child. On the contrary, she takes much pleasure in cleansing him.
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A mother does not hate her child when the child’s stool or urine touches her body.
Instead, she takes pleasure in cleansing the child.
The Lord uses this example to explain His affectionate care for Haridāsa and Sanātana.
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.
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: “cleansing”
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: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can affection help me approach an unpleasant task of care?
Do one small cleaning task for someone today with care rather than resentment.
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