1 · LearnExplore more · 15 min

Lives touched by mercy

Fifteen people whose hearts changed — or stayed faithful — around Lord Caitanya. Each life in five steps, and every step tied to a passage you can read.

15lives
75milestones
44source passages
16chapters
Obstruction → graceMadhya 15 · Jagannātha Purī

Amogha

Criticism → remorse → forgiveness → chanting

Amogha criticizes Mahāprabhu while He accepts a meal at Sārvabhauma’s home. Mahāprabhu later forgives him, urges him to chant and the narrator describes him becoming a devoted practitioner.

A person need not be permanently defined by an offense.

· Through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Five moments in the journey

Milestone 1 of 5 · Condition

Habitual faultfinding

The narrative explicitly describes Amogha as critical.

CC Madhya 15.245–248The offense · 4 texts
At this time the Bhaṭṭācārya had a son-in-law named Amogha, who was the husband of his daughter Ṣāṭhī. Although born in an aristocratic brāhmaṇa family, Amogha was a great faultfinder and blasphemer.CC Madhya 15.245 · first of 4 texts
Read all 4 texts
  1. Madhya 15.246Amogha wanted to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eat, but he was not allowed to enter. Indeed, the Bhaṭṭācārya guarded the threshold of his house with a stick in his hand.
  2. Madhya 15.247However, as soon as the Bhaṭṭācārya began distributing prasādam and was a little inattentive, Amogha came in. Seeing the quantity of food, he began to blaspheme.
  3. Madhya 15.248“This much food is sufficient to satisfy ten or twelve men, but this sannyāsī alone is eating so much!”
Study this verseVedabase

Study

Am I holding someone to a past mistake after they have sincerely changed?

Apply

Practice correcting a mistake without making it someone’s identity.

Teach

Explore the role of the devotees’ relationship in the Lord’s mercy.

All 4 source passages for this life
  • CC Madhya 15.245–248The offense · 4 texts
    At this time the Bhaṭṭācārya had a son-in-law named Amogha, who was the husband of his daughter Ṣāṭhī. Although born in an aristocratic brāhmaṇa family, Amogha was a great faultfinder and blasphemer.CC Madhya 15.245 · first of 4 texts
    Read all 4 texts
    1. Madhya 15.246Amogha wanted to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eat, but he was not allowed to enter. Indeed, the Bhaṭṭācārya guarded the threshold of his house with a stick in his hand.
    2. Madhya 15.247However, as soon as the Bhaṭṭācārya began distributing prasādam and was a little inattentive, Amogha came in. Seeing the quantity of food, he began to blaspheme.
    3. Madhya 15.248“This much food is sufficient to satisfy ten or twelve men, but this sannyāsī alone is eating so much!”
    Study this verseVedabase
  • CC Madhya 15.280–285Remorse, mercy and instruction · 6 texts
    Amogha then fell before the Lord’s lotus feet and submissively said, “O merciful Lord, please excuse my offense.”CC Madhya 15.280 · first of 6 texts
    Read all 6 texts
    1. Madhya 15.281Not only did Amogha beg the Lord’s pardon, but he also began slapping his own cheeks, saying, “By this mouth I have blasphemed You.”
    2. Madhya 15.282Indeed, Amogha continued slapping his face over and over until his cheeks were swollen. Finally Gopīnātha Ācārya stopped him by catching hold of his hands.
    3. Madhya 15.283After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu pacified Amogha by touching his body and saying, “You are the object of My affection because you are the son-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
    4. Madhya 15.284“Everyone in Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s house is very dear to Me, including his maids and servants and even his dog. And what to speak of his relatives?
    5. Madhya 15.285“Amogha, always chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and do not commit any further offenses.” After giving Amogha this instruction, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Sārvabhauma’s house.
    Study this verseVedabase
  • CC Madhya 15.296Afterward · verse
    Thereafter, Amogha became an unalloyed devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He danced in ecstasy and peacefully chanted the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
    Study this verseVedabase
  • CC Madhya 15.300Explanation of the devotee relationship · verse
    Thus I have related the ecstatic love of Sārvabhauma’s wife, who is known as the mother of Ṣāṭhī. I have also related Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s great mercy, which He manifested by excusing Amogha’s offense. He did so due to Amogha’s relationship with a devotee.
    Study this verseVedabase
Read Madhya 15On the mercy webCompare with othersPlan a class in Lecture Studio

Feeling of Madhya 15 in the emotional atlas: Festive affection and reconciliation

Lives to read alongside · parallels in theme, not a claim they met

Stage labels, pathways, patterns and questions are an editorial study map, not scriptural classifications or a ranking of devotees. Only the verses — in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation — are the text itself. Read the full verse and purport before retelling a story.

  1. Learn
  2. Live
  3. Lead
Learn · Śrī Caitanya CaritamrtaKeep reading, līlā by līlāYour reading and quiz points count toward the same total as every other scripture.Back · LearnStudy a verse