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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.55
“সনাতন, দেহত্যাগে কৃষ্ণ যদি পাইয়ে ।
কোটি-দেহ ক্ষণেকে তবে ছাড়িতে পারিয়ে ॥ ৫৫ ॥
“sanātana, deha-tyāge kṛṣṇa yadi pāiye
koṭi-deha kṣaṇeke tabe chāḍite pāriye
“My dear Sanātana,” He said, “if I could attain Kṛṣṇa by committing suicide, I would certainly give up millions of bodies without a moment’s hesitation.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addresses Sanātana Gosvāmī affectionately as “My dear Sanātana.”
He says that if suicide could bring attainment of Kṛṣṇa, He would give up millions of bodies without hesitation. This is a conditional statement, not an instruction to harm oneself.
His next statement makes the conclusion clear: giving up the body cannot attain Kṛṣṇa. Devotional service is the means.
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 cannot get love of God simply by committing suicide. You have already dedicated your life and body to My service; therefore your body does not belong to you, nor do you have any right to commit 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.
How does the Lord’s clarification direct my desire for Kṛṣṇa toward devotional service?
Spend a few minutes chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa as a positive act of devotional service today.
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