Antya-līlā

Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 114 of 159
Cc Antya 5.114

কবি কহে,—ঽজগন্নাথ—সুন্দরশরীর চৈতন্যগোসাঞি—শরীরী মহাধীর

कवि कहे,—ऽजगन्नाथ—सुन्दरशरीर चैतन्यगोसाञि—शरीरी महाधीर

kavi kahe,—'jagannātha—sundara-śarīra caitanya-gosāñi—śarīrī mahā-dhīra

Synonyms

kavi kahethe poet said; jagannāthaLord Jagannātha; sundara-śarīravery beautiful body; caitanya-gosāñiŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; śarīrīpossessor of the body; mahā-dhīravery grave..

Translation

The poet said, "Lord Jagannātha is a most beautiful body, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is exceptionally grave, is the owner of that body.

Purport

Śarīrī refers to a person who owns the śarīra, or body. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā:

dehino 'smin yathā dehe
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir
dhīras tatra na muhyati

"As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change." (Bg. 2.13) For the ordinary living being in material existence there is a division or distinction between the body and the owner of the body. In spiritual existence, however, there is no such distinction, for the body is the owner himself and the owner is the body itself. In spiritual existence, everything must be spiritual. Therefore there is no distinction between the body and its owner.

Verse 114 of 159
Prabhupāda Says