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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.51
এইমত সনাতন রহে প্রভু-স্থানে ।
জগন্নাথের চক্র দেখি’ করেন প্রণামে ॥ ৫১ ॥
ei-mata sanātana rahe prabhu-sthāne
jagannāthera cakra dekhi’ karena praṇāme
In this way, Sanātana Gosvāmī stayed under the care of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He would see the wheel on the pinnacle of the Jagannātha temple and offer respectful obeisances.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī stays under the care of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He sees the wheel on the pinnacle of the Jagannātha temple.
On seeing the wheel, he offers respectful obeisances. His respect is expressed through a concrete devotional act.
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:
When Sanātana Gosvāmī came to Jagannātha Purī, he stayed under the care of Haridāsa Ṭhākura for some time, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very happy to see him. The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra.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 do I express respect in my devotional life?
Pause today to offer respectful obeisances to Lord Jagannātha.
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