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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 4.95
নিজ-দেহে যে কার্য না পারেন করিতে ।
সে কার্য করাইবে তোমা, সেহ মথুরাতে ॥ ৯৫ ॥
nija-dehe ye kārya nā pārena karite
se kārya karāibe tomā, seha mathurāte
“What Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cannot do with His personal body He wants to do through you, and He wants to do it in Mathurā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wants to accomplish work through Sanātana Gosvāmī.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura describes this as work the Lord cannot do with His personal body.
The Lord wants this work to be done in Mathurā.
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:
One cannot get love of God simply by committing suicide. You have already dedicated your life and body to My service; therefore your body does not belong to you, nor do you have any right to commit suicide.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.
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.
What does Sanātana Gosvāmī’s opportunity teach me about the value of serving the Lord?
Before one small devotional task today, pause to remember that service is an opportunity to work for the Lord.
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