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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.39
পূর্বে মহাপ্রভু মোরে করেন সম্মান ।
দুঃখ পাই’ মনে আমি কৈলুঁ অনুমান ॥ ৩৯ ॥
pūrve mahāprabhu more karena sammāna
duḥkha pāi’ mane āmi kailuṅ anumāna
“Formerly Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu always respected Me as His senior, but I did not like such respect. Therefore, My mind being afflicted by unhappiness, I made a plan.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had always respected the speaker as His senior.
The speaker did not like receiving this respect and felt unhappy.
With His mind afflicted by unhappiness, He made a plan.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse show about the assumption that receiving respect always brings happiness?
Reflect briefly on whether receiving respect is what you most desire.
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