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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.45
গোসাঞি কহেন, — “এইমত মুরারি-গুপ্ত ।
পূর্বে আমি পরীক্ষিলুঁ তার এই রীত ॥ ৪৫ ॥
gosāñi kahena, — “ei-mata murāri-gupta
pūrve āmi parīkṣiluṅ tāra ei rīta
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “There was a similar incident concerning Murāri Gupta. Formerly I examined him, and his determination was similar.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recalls a similar incident concerning Murāri Gupta.
He says that He had formerly examined Murāri Gupta.
Murāri Gupta showed determination like the fixed devotion just described.
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:
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance. One cannot get love of God simply by committing suicide.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.
What can I learn from the determination Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognizes here?
Choose one small act of devotional service and carry it out steadily today.
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