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CC Antya 4.174

‘প্রাকৃত’ হৈলেহ তোমার বপু নারি উপেক্ষিতে ।
ভদ্রাভদ্র-বস্তুজ্ঞান নাহিক ‘প্রাকৃতে’ ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
‘prākṛta’ haile ha tomāra vapu nāri upekṣite
bhadrābhadra-vastu-jñāna nāhika ‘prākṛte’

Synonyms

prākṛtamaterial; haile haeven if it were; tomārayour; vapubody; nāriI cannot; upekṣiteneglect; bhadra-abhadragood and bad; vastu-jñānaappreciation of things; nāhikathere is not; prākṛtein the material world.

Translation

“Even if your body were material, I still could not neglect it, for the material body should be considered neither good nor bad.

Purport

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Since you are a Vaiṣṇava, your body is spiritual, not material. Therefore you should not consider this body to be subjected to superior or inferior qualities. Moreover, I am a sannyāsī. Therefore even if your body were material, a sannyāsī should see no distinction between a good body and a bad body.”