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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.189
বাসুদেব — গলত্কুষ্ঠী, তাতে অঙ্গ — কীড়াময় ।
তারে আলিঙ্গন কৈলা হঞা সদয় ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
vāsudeva — galat-kuṣṭhī, tāte aṅga — kīḍā-maya
tāre āliṅgana kailā hañā sadaya
“You embraced the leper Vāsudeva, whose body was fully infected by worms. You are so kind that in spite of his condition You embraced him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura recalls how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Vāsudeva, who suffered from leprosy.
Vāsudeva’s body was fully infected by worms, yet the Lord embraced him.
Haridāsa presents this embrace as evidence of the Lord’s extraordinary kindness.
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:
After speaking with Sanātana Gosvāmī in this way, the Lord again embraced him, and after this embrace, Sanātana Gosvāmī became free from the disease. The Lord ordered Sanātana Gosvāmī to stay with Him for that year, and the next year, after seeing the Ratha-yātrā festival, he left Puruṣottama-kṣetra and returned to Vṛndāvana.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.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “worms”
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: “embraced”
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.
Does someone’s bodily condition affect the kindness and respect I offer them?
Offer a kind word or a small act of help to someone without judging their appearance.
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