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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.196
ঘৃণা করি’ আলিঙ্গন না করিতাম যবে ।
কৃষ্ণ-ঠাঞি অপরাধ-দণ্ড পাইতাম তবে ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
ghṛṇā kari’ āliṅgana nā karitāma yabe
kṛṣṇa-ṭhāñi aparādha-daṇḍa pāitāma tabe
“If I had hated Sanātana Gosvāmī and had not embraced him, I would certainly have been chastised for offenses to Kṛṣṇa.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that hating Sanātana Gosvāmī and refusing to embrace him would be an offense to Kṛṣṇa.
He says He would certainly have been chastised for such an offense.
The neighbouring verse identifies Sanātana Gosvāmī as an associate of Kṛṣṇa. His bodily condition was no reason to reject him.
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.
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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associate”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do outward appearances ever lead me to disregard someone engaged in the Lord’s service?
Today, notice one person’s service rather than judging their outward appearance.
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