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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.38
বিশ্বাসেরে কহে,—তুমি বড় ভাগ্যবান্ ।
তোমারে করিল দণ্ড প্রভু ভগবান্ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
viśvāsere kahe, — tumi baḍa bhāgyavān
tomāre karila daṇḍa prabhu bhagavān
Seeing Kamalākānta Viśvāsa unhappy, Advaita Ācārya Prabhu told him, “You are greatly fortunate to have been punished by the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya Prabhu told Kamalākānta Viśvāsa that he was greatly fortunate to be punished by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The purport presents this as an authoritative judgment by Śrī Advaita Prabhu. One should not be unhappy when reverses come by the Supreme Lord’s order.
A devotee should happily receive the fortune awarded by the Lord. Whether it seems pleasant or unpleasant depends on one’s own judgment.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “depends”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Advaita Prabhu’s judgment challenge the way you measure good fortune?
Spend a minute reflecting on how your judgment of pleasant and unpleasant may differ from the Lord’s favor.
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