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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.195
সনাতনের দেহে কৃষ্ণ কণ্ডু উপজাঞা ।
আমা পরীক্ষিতে ইহাঁ দিলা পাঠাঞা ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
sanātanera dehe kṛṣṇa kaṇḍu upajāñā
āmā parīkṣite ihāṅ dilā pāṭhāñā
“Kṛṣṇa somehow or other manifested these itching sores on the body of Sanātana Gosvāmī and sent him here to test Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that Kṛṣṇa somehow manifested itching sores on Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body.
He says that Kṛṣṇa sent Sanātana Gosvāmī to Him as a test.
In the context of His teaching about a devotee’s spiritual body, He does not treat Sanātana Gosvāmī’s sores as grounds for material judgment.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Because his disease produced wet sores on his body, Sanātana Gosvāmī used to avoid embracing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but nevertheless the Lord would embrace him by force. This made Sanātana Gosvāmī very unhappy, and therefore he consulted Jagadānanda Paṇḍita about what he should do.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.
How might outward discomfort test my willingness to honor a devotee?
If you notice yourself judging a devotee by a bodily condition today, pause and recall the Lord’s teaching about the devotee’s body.
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