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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.201
এত বলি’ পুনঃ তাঁরে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ।
কণ্ডু গেল, অঙ্গ হৈল সুবর্ণের সম ॥ ২০১ ॥
eta bali’ punaḥ tāṅre kailā āliṅgana
kaṇḍu gela, aṅga haila suvarṇera sama
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again embraced Sanātana Gosvāmī. Thus immediately Sanātana’s sores disappeared, and his entire body resembled the color of gold.
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After giving His instruction, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again embraces Sanātana Gosvāmī.
Sanātana’s sores disappear immediately upon that embrace.
His entire body comes to resemble the color of gold. The change follows the Lord’s affectionate embrace.
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
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In this verse: “embraced”
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How does this embrace bring together the Lord’s affection and His power?
Reread the verse and name its three events: the embrace, the disappearance of the sores, and the golden color.
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