Text 197]
Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord
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TEXT 196
ঘুণা করি’ আলিঙ্গন না করিতাম যবে । 
  কৃষ্ণ-ঠাঞি অপরাধ-দণ্ড পাইতাম তবে ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
ghṛṇā kari’ āliṅgana nā karitāma yabe 
  kṛṣṇa-ṭhāñi aparādha-daṇḍa pāitāma tabe
SYNONYMS
ghṛṇā kari’—hating; āliṅgana—embracing; nā karitāma—I would not do; yabe—when; kṛṣṇa-ṭhāñi—unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; aparādha-daṇḍa—punishment for offenses; pāitāma—I would have gotten; tabe—then.
TRANSLATION
. “If I had hated Sanātana Gosvāmī and had not embraced him, I would certainly have been chastised for offenses to Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 197
পারিষদ-দেহ এই, না হয় তুর্গঙ্ক । 
  প্রথম দিবসে পাইলু চতুঃসম-গঙ্ক ॥” ১৯৭ ॥
pāriṣada-deha ei, nā haya durgandha 
  prathama divase pāiluṅ catuḥsama-gandha’’
SYNONYMS
pāriṣada-deha—the body of Kṛṣṇa’s associate; ei—this; nā haya—is not; durgandha—having a bad smell; prathama divase—on the first day; pāiluṅ—I got; catuḥsama-gandha—the smell of catuḥsama, a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, aguru and musk.
TRANSLATION
“Sanātana Gosvāmī is one of the associates of Kṛṣṇa. There could not be any bad odor from his body. On the first day I embraced him, I smelled the aroma of catuḥsama [a mixture of sandalwood pulp, camphor, aguru and musk].”
PURPORT
An associate of the Lord is one whose body is fully engaged in the service of the Lord. A materialist might see Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body as being full of itching sores that exuded foul moisture and a bad smell. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, said that actually the aroma of his body was the excellent scent of a