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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.197
পারিষদ-দেহ এই, না হয় দুর্গন্ধ ।
প্রথম দিবসে পাইলুঁ চতুঃসম-গন্ধ ।।” ১৯৭ ।। ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
pāriṣada-deha ei, nā haya durgandha
prathama divase pāiluṅ catuḥsama-gandha”
“Sanātana Gosvāmī is one of the associates of Kṛṣṇa. There could not be any bad odor from his body. On the first day I embraced him, I smelled the aroma of catuḥsama [a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, aguru and musk].”
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An associate of the Lord is one whose body is fully engaged in the Lord’s service.
A materialist might see Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body as covered with itching sores, foul moisture and a bad smell.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instead described its excellent fragrance as catuḥsama—a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, aguru and musk.
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:
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.
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: “associates”, “associate”
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”
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.
How can I learn to value a person’s service more than their bodily appearance?
Use your body for one small act of service to the Lord today.
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