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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.46
সেই ভক্ত ধন্য, যে না ছাড়ে প্রভুর চরণ ।
সেই প্রভু ধন্য, যে না ছাড়ে নিজ-জন ॥ ৪৬ ॥
sei bhakta dhanya, ye nā chāḍe prabhura caraṇa
sei prabhu dhanya, ye nā chāḍe nija-jana
“Glorious is that devotee who does not give up the shelter of his Lord, and glorious is that Lord who does not abandon His servant.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu calls glorious the devotee who does not give up his Lord’s shelter.
He also calls glorious the Lord who does not abandon His servant.
The verse honors both the devotee’s steadfast service and the Lord’s refusal to forsake him.
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:
The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.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.
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: “servant”, “service”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s refusal to abandon His servant encourage me to remain in His shelter?
Offer a short prayer renewing your wish to remain under the Lord’s shelter.
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