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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.8
মন্দির-নিকটে শুনি তাঁর বাসা-স্থিতি ।
মন্দির-নিকটে যাইতে মোর নাহি শক্তি ॥ ৮ ॥
mandira-nikaṭe śuni tāṅra vāsā-sthiti
mandira-nikaṭe yāite mora nāhi śakti
“I have heard that the residential quarters of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are near the temple of Jagannātha. But I shall not have the power to go near the temple.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī had heard that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s residential quarters were near the temple of Jagannātha.
He believed he would not have the power to go near the temple.
This explains his concern about being unable to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regularly.
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:
Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī came alone from Mathurā to Jagannātha Purī to see Lord Caitanya. Because of bathing in bad water and not getting enough food every day while traveling on the path through Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) Forest, he developed a disease that made his body itch.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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