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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 4]
TRANSLATION
“‘The living entity who is subjected to birth and death, when he gives up all material activities dedicating his life to Me for executing My order, and thus acts according to My direction, at that time he reaches the platform of immortality, and becomes fit to enjoy the spiritual bliss of exchange of loving mellows with Me.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīmad- Bhāgavatam  (11.29.34). At the time of initiation, a devotee gives up all his material conceptions. Therefore, being in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is situated on the transcendental platform. Thus having attained knowledge and the spiritual platform, he always engages in the service of the spiritual body of Kṛṣṇa. When one is freed from material connections in this way, his body immediately becomes spiritual, and Kṛṣṇa accepts His service. However, Kṛṣṇa does not accept anything from a person with a material conception of life. When a devotee no longer has any desire for material sense gratification, in his spiritual identity he engages in the service of the Lord, for his dormant spiritual consciousness awakens. This awakening of spiritual consciousness makes his body spiritual, and thus he becomes fit to render service to the Lord.  Karmīs  may consider the body of a devotee material, but factually it is not, for a devotee has no conception of material enjoyment. If one thinks that the body of a pure devotee is material, he is an offender, for that is a  vaiṣṇava-aparādha . In this connection one should consult Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī's  Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta  (1.3.45 and 2.3.139).
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সনাতনের দেহে কৃষ্ণ কণ্ঠ উপজাগ্র। আমা পরীক্ষিতে ইহাঁ দিনা পাঠাগ্র ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
sanātanera dehe kṛṣṇa kaṇḍu upajāñā āmā parikṣite ihāṅ dilā pāṭhāñā
SYNONYMS
sanātanera —of Sanātana Gosvāmī;  dehe —in the body;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kaṇḍu —itches;  upajāñā —manifesting;  āmā —Me;  parikṣite —to test;  ihāṅ —here;  dilā pāṭhāñā —has sent.
TRANSLATION
“Kṛṣṇa somehow or other manifested these itching sores on the body of Sanātana Gosvāmī and sent him here to test Me.