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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 4]
TEXT 191
প্রভু কহে,—“বৈষ্ণব-দেহ ‘প্রাকৃত’ কভু নয় । ‘অপ্রাকৃত’ দেহ ভক্তের ‘চিদানন্দময়’ ॥ ১৯১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “vaiṣṇava-deha ‘prākṛta’ kabhu naya ‘aprākṛta’ deha bhaktera ‘cid-ānanda-maya’
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; vaiṣṇava deha—the body of a Vaiṣṇava; prākṛta—material; kabhu naya—is never; aprākṛta—transcendental; deha—body; bhaktera—of a devotee; cit-ānanda-maya—full of transcendental bliss.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “The body of a devotee is never material. It is considered to be transcendental, full of spiritual bliss.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is trying to convince Haridāsa Thākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī that a devotee whose life is dedicated to the service of the Lord is never in the material conception. Because he always engages in the service of the Lord, his body is transcendental and full of spiritual bliss. His body should never be considered material, just as the body of the Deity worshiped in the temple is never considered to be made of stone or wood. Factually, the Deity is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without a doubt. The injunctions of the  Padma Purāṇa  therefore state:  arcye viṣṇau śilādhīr guruṣu nara-matir vaiṣṇave jāti-bud-dhiḥ...yasya vā nārakī saḥ . The Deity worshiped in the temple is never stone or wood. Similarly, the body of a Vaiṣṇava fully dedicated to the service of the Lord is never considered to belong to the material modes of nature.
TEXT 192
দীক্ষাকালে ভক্ত করে আত্মসমর্পণ ।
সেইকালে কৃষ্ণ তারে করে আত্মসম ॥ ১৯২ ॥
dīkṣā-kāle bhakta kare ātma-samarpaṇa sei-kāle kṛṣṇa tāre kare ātma-sama
SYNONYMS
dīkṣā-kāle—at the time of initiation; bhakta—the devotee; kare—does; ātma—of himself; samarpaṇa—full dedication; sei-kāle—at that time; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; tāre—him; kare—makes; ātma-sama—as spiritual as Himself.