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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.77
পরের দ্রব্য তুমি কেনে চাহ বিনাশিতে ? ধর্মাধর্ম বিচার কিবা না পার করিতে ? ৭৭ ।। তোমার শরীর — মোর প্রধান ‘সাধন’ ।
এ শরীরে সাধিমু আমি বহু প্রয়োজন ॥ ৭৭ ॥
parera dravya tumi kene cāha vināśite?
dharmādharma vicāra kibā nā pāra karite?
“Why should you want to destroy another’s property? Can’t you consider what is right and wrong?
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The Lord asks why Sanātana Gosvāmī would want to destroy another’s property.
This question follows the Lord’s declaration that Sanātana’s body belongs to Him. Destroying it would disregard that relationship.
The Lord asks Sanātana to consider what is right and wrong. He directs him to reconsider his intention rather than act on it.
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:
I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.” After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can remembering the Lord’s claim on the body help guide your choices?
Before making one choice affecting your body today, pause and consider whether it protects your ability to serve.
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