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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.204
কণ্ডু করি’ পরীক্ষা করিলে সনাতনে ।
এই লীলা-ভঙ্গী তোমার কেহ নাহি জানে ।।” ২০৪ ॥ ২০৪ ॥
kaṇḍu kari’ parīkṣā karile sanātane
ei līlā-bhaṅgī tomāra keha nāhi jāne”
“After thus causing these itching sores, You examined Sanātana Gosvāmī. No one can understand Your transcendental pastimes.”
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The itching sores are described as something the Lord caused to examine Sanātana Gosvāmī.
The speaker acknowledges that no one can understand the Lord’s transcendental pastimes.
The following verses show Sanātana Gosvāmī receiving the Lord’s embrace and remaining under His care.
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:
Therefore the moisture oozing from Sanātana’s itching skin did not affect the Lord at all. After speaking with Sanātana Gosvāmī in this way, the Lord again embraced him, and after this embrace, Sanātana Gosvāmī became free from the disease.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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