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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.30
বসাইলা তারে প্রভু আদর করিয়া ।
দিগ্বিজয়ী কহে মনে অবজ্ঞা করিয়া ॥ ৩০ ॥
vasāilā tāre prabhu ādara kariyā
digvijayī kahe mane avajñā kariyā
The Lord received him with adoration, but because Keśava Kāśmīrī was very proud, he talked to the Lord very inconsiderately.
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The Lord received Keśava Kāśmīrī with adoration.
Keśava Kāśmīrī was very proud.
Because of his pride, he spoke to the Lord very inconsiderately, despite the welcome he received.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 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:
This chapter also describes the Lord’s argument with Keśava Kāśmīrī, the celebrated scholar, and the Lord’s criticism of his prayer glorifying mother Ganges. In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Has pride ever kept you from responding kindly to someone’s respectful welcome?
In one conversation today, pause before speaking and choose considerate words.
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