'prākṛta' haile ha tomāra vapu nāri upekṣite
bhadrābhadra-vastu-jñāna nāhika 'prākṛte'
bhadrābhadra-vastu-jñāna nāhika 'prākṛte'
Synonyms
prākṛta-material; haile ha-even if it were; tomāra-your; vapu-body; nāri-I cannot; upekṣite-neglect; bhadra-abhadra-good and bad; vastu-jñāna-appreciation of things; nāhika-there is not; prākṛte-in 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.