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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.76
প্রভু কহে, — “তোমার দেহ মোর নিজ-ধন ।
তুমি মোরে করিয়াছ আত্মসমর্পণ ॥ ৭৬ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “tomāra deha mora nija-dhana
tumi more kariyācha ātma-samarpaṇa
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Your body is My property. You have already surrendered unto Me. Therefore you no longer have any claim to your body.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tells Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your body is My property.”
The Lord explains that Sanātana has already surrendered unto Him.
Because of that surrender, Sanātana no longer has an independent claim over his body. In this context, the Lord is protecting him from destroying it.
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:
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. I have to execute many devotional services through your body.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “surrendered”
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How might seeing your body as meant for the Lord’s service change the way you care for it?
Take one simple step to care for your body today, remembering its use in devotional service.
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