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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.199
প্রভু কহে, — সনাতন, না মানিহ দুঃখ ।
তোমার আলিঙ্গনে আমি পাই বড় সুখ ॥ ১৯৯ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “sanātana, nā māniha duḥkha
tomāra āliṅgane āmi pāi baḍa sukha
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “My dear Sanātana, do not be aggrieved, for when I embrace you I actually get great pleasure.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu affectionately addresses Sanātana Gosvāmī as “My dear Sanātana.”
He asks Sanātana not to be aggrieved.
The Lord explains that embracing Sanātana actually gives Him great pleasure. His embrace is not reluctant.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s expression of pleasure deepen my understanding of His reassurance?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the Lord’s words, “Do not be aggrieved.”
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