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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.186Antya 4.188

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.187

‘লাল্যামেধ্য’ লালকের চন্দন-সম ভায় ।

সনাতনের ক্লেদে আমার ঘৃণা না উপজায় ।।” ১৮৭ ।। ॥ ১৮৭ ॥

‘lālyāmedhya’ lālakera candana-sama bhāya

sanātanera klede āmāra ghṛṇā nā upajāya”

Translation

“The stool and urine of the maintained child appear like sandalwood pulp to the mother. Similarly, when the foul moisture oozing from the sores of Sanātana touches My body, I have no hatred for him.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Affection Overcomes Disgust

  1. 1

    The Lord says that a child’s stool and urine appear like sandalwood pulp to the mother.

  2. 2

    He compares this motherly affection to His own response when moisture from Sanātana’s sores touches His body.

  3. 3

    Despite the foul moisture, He feels no hatred for Sanātana.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Therefore the moisture oozing from Sanātana’s itching skin did not affect the Lord at all. After speaking with Sanātana Gosvāmī in this way, the Lord again embraced him, and after this embrace, Sanātana Gosvāmī became free from the disease.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. lālyaof the maintained child
  2. amedhyastool and urine
  3. lālakeraof the maintainer
  4. candana-samalike sandalwood pulp
  5. bhāyaappears
  6. sanātaneraof Sanātana Gosvāmī
  7. kledeunto the moisture of the sores
  8. āmāraMy
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I let an unpleasant bodily condition obscure the person who needs care?

Practice

Reread the Lord’s words “I have no hatred for him” and reflect on caring without disgust.

Live this todayAffection Overcomes DisgustThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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