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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.83
এত সব কর্ম আমি যে-দেহে করিমু ।
তাহা ছাড়িতে চাহ তুমি, কেমনে সহিমু ?” ৮৩ ।। ॥ ৮৩ ॥
eta saba karma āmi ye-dehe karimu
tāhā chāḍite cāha tumi, kemane sahimu?”
“I have to do all this work through your body, but you want to give it up. How can I tolerate this?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He had work to accomplish through Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body.
Sanātana Gosvāmī wanted to give up that body, but the Lord would not tolerate this.
The body had a purpose in the Lord’s service. In this context, preserving it meant keeping it available for His 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 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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I better care for my body as a means of devotional service?
Take one simple step to care for your body today, such as eating a nourishing meal or getting needed rest.
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