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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.191
প্রভু কহে, — “বৈষ্ণব-দেহ ‘প্রাকৃত’ কভু নয় ।
‘অপ্রাকৃত’ দেহ ভক্তের ‘চিদানন্দময়’ ॥ ১৯১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “vaiṣṇava-deha ‘prākṛta’ kabhu naya
‘aprākṛta’ deha bhaktera ‘cid-ānanda-maya’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “The body of a devotee is never material. It is considered to be transcendental, full of spiritual bliss.
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A devotee whose life is dedicated to the Lord’s service is never in the material conception. Through constant service, his body is transcendental and full of spiritual bliss.
One should not consider such a devotee’s body material, just as one should not consider the temple Deity merely stone or wood. The Deity is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Padma Purāṇa strongly warns against treating the spiritual master as an ordinary man or a fully dedicated Vaiṣṇava’s body as belonging to the material modes of nature.
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:
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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I learning to recognize dedication to the Lord rather than judging only by bodily appearance?
Before speaking about a devotee today, pause and choose words that respect their service to the Lord.
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