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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.98
আমার এই দেহ প্রভুর কার্যে না লাগিল ।
ভারত-ভূমিতে জন্মি’ এই দেহ ব্যর্থ হৈল ।।” ৯৮ ।। ॥ ৯৮ ॥
āmāra ei deha prabhura kārye nā lāgila
bhārata-bhūmite janmi’ ei deha vyartha haila”
“My body could not be used in the service of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore although it took birth in the land of India, this body has been useless.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker humbly laments that his body has not been used in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s service, despite taking birth in India.
The purport describes birth in India as a special opportunity for God consciousness. Even ordinary uneducated people, especially in holy places, are inclined toward Kṛṣṇa consciousness and offer obeisances to devotees.
India’s sacred rivers include the Ganges, Yamunā, Narmadā, Kāverī and Kṛṣṇā. The purport states that bathing in these rivers liberates people and makes them Kṛṣṇa conscious.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 4.98 quotesSB 5.19.19
For a further explanation of the importance of Bhārata-bhūmi, one may refer to Ādi-līlā 9.41 and also Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.19.19-27.
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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:
Because his disease produced wet sores on his body, Sanātana Gosvāmī used to avoid embracing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but nevertheless the Lord would embrace him by force. This made Sanātana Gosvāmī very unhappy, and therefore he consulted Jagadānanda Paṇḍita about what he should do.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”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “laments”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yamunā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What spiritual opportunity in my life could I use more fully in service?
Use a few minutes today for chanting the holy name as service to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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