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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.84
তবে সনাতন কহে, — “তোমাকে নমস্কারে ।
তোমার গম্ভীর হৃদয় কে বুঝিতে পারে ? ৮৪ ।। ॥ ৮৪ ॥
tabe sanātana kahe, — “tomāke namaskāre
tomāra gambhīra hṛdaya ke bujhite pāre?
At that time Sanātana Gosvāmī said to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. No one can understand the deep ideas You plan within Your heart.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī responded by offering respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He acknowledged that no one could understand the deep plans within the Lord’s heart.
His response expressed humility rather than a claim to understand everything the Lord intended.
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:
When Sanātana Gosvāmī came to Jagannātha Purī, he stayed under the care of Haridāsa Ṭhākura for some time, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very happy to see him. The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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How do I respond when I cannot understand the Lord’s purposes?
Offer respectful obeisances to the Lord, acknowledging the limits of your understanding.
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