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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.54
একদিন আসি’ প্রভু দুঁহারে মিলিলা ।
সনাতনে আচম্বিতে কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৫৪ ॥
eka-dina āsi’ prabhu duṅhāre mililā
sanātane ācambite kahite lāgilā
One day when the Lord came to meet them, He suddenly began speaking to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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One day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu comes to meet the two devotees.
He suddenly begins speaking directly to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
This begins His instruction that Kṛṣṇa is attained through devotional service, not by giving up the body.
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:
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
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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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I ready to give careful attention to an instruction that challenges my assumptions?
Read the Lord’s next two statements slowly, noticing the means He gives for attaining Kṛṣṇa.
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