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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.192
স্পর্শিবার কার্য আছুক, না পায় দর্শন ।
সীতার আকৃতি-মায়া হরিল রাবণ ॥ ১৯২ ॥
sparśibāra kārya āchuka, nā pāya darśana
sītāra ākṛti-māyā harila rāvaṇa
“To say nothing of touching mother Sītā, a person with material senses cannot even see her. When Rāvaṇa kidnapped her, he kidnapped only her material, illusory form.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A person with material senses cannot even see mother Sītā.
Such a person therefore cannot touch her.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained that Rāvaṇa kidnapped only her material, illusory form.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
He also visited Rāmeśvara, where He collected some papers connected with Sītādevī, whose illusory form had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa. The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What distinction does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu make between mother Sītā and the form Rāvaṇa kidnapped?
Summarize in one sentence why Rāvaṇa’s kidnapping did not mean he had touched mother Sītā.
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