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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 4.78
tomāra śarīra — mora pradhāna ‘sādhana’
e śarīre sādhimu āmi bahu prayojana
“Your body is My principal instrument for executing many necessary functions. By your body I shall carry out many tasks.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu calls Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body His principal instrument.
The Lord has many necessary functions to accomplish through that body. He gives Sanātana a clear reason to preserve his life.
The Lord says that He Himself will carry out many tasks through Sanātana. Sanātana’s body is therefore meant for the Lord’s work.
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 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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s view of Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body differ from Sanātana’s own view?
Use your body for one small act of devotional service today, remembering its value as an instrument for service.
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