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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.185

A Severe Warning Against Repeating the Wrong

“ ‘But if you perform such activities again, I shall not be tolerant. At that time I shall kill you, your entire family and all the meat-eaters.’

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Ādi 17.185, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The lion warned the speaker not to perform such activities again.
  • He said that He would not tolerate a repetition.
  • His warning threatened death for the speaker, his entire family, and all the meat-eaters.

Try this today

Identify one harmful action you have been warned about, and make a concrete choice not to repeat it today.

Ask yourself

Do I take a warning seriously enough to stop repeating a wrong?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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