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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.75
নীচ, অধম, পামর মুঞি পামর-স্বভাব ।
মোরে জিয়াইলে তোমার কিবা হবে লাভ ?” ৭৫ ॥ ৭৫ ॥
nīca, adhama, pāmara muñi pāmara-svabhāva
more jiyāile tomāra kibā habe lābha?”
“I am lowborn. Indeed, I am the lowest. I am condemned, for I have all the characteristics of a sinful man. If You keep me alive, what will be the profit?”
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Sanātana Gosvāmī describes himself as lowborn and the lowest. These are his words about himself, not the Lord’s judgment of him.
He considers himself condemned and possessing the characteristics of a sinful man.
He asks what benefit there could be in keeping him alive. In the following verses, the Lord answers by describing the many tasks He will accomplish through Sanātana’s body.
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:
I have to execute many devotional services through your body. I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lowest”
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How does the Lord’s response challenge Sanātana Gosvāmī’s sense that his life has no useful purpose?
Read Sanātana Gosvāmī’s question alongside the Lord’s assurance that He has many tasks for him.
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