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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.88
পরের স্থাপ্য দ্রব্য কেহ না খায়, বিলায় ।
নিষেধিহ ইঁহারে, — যেন না করে অন্যায় ।।” ৮৮ ॥ ৮৮ ॥
parera sthāpya dravya keha nā khāya, vilāya
niṣedhiha iṅhāre, — yena nā kare anyāya”
“One who is entrusted with another’s property does not distribute it or use it for his own purposes. Therefore, tell him not to do such an unlawful thing.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Someone entrusted with another’s property should not distribute it or use it for personal purposes.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu applied this principle to Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body, which was meant for His work.
He asked Haridāsa Ṭhākura to tell Sanātana Gosvāmī not to do such an unlawful thing. The instruction was to preserve what had been entrusted to him.
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:
After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject. One day Sanātana Gosvāmī was summoned by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who wanted him to come to Yameśvara-ṭoṭā.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribute”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I treating what has been entrusted to me according to its intended purpose?
Identify one thing entrusted to your care and take a small step to preserve it or use it properly.
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