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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.144
দূর হইতে আইলা কাজী মাথা নোয়াইয়া ।
কাজীরে বসাইলা প্রভু সম্মান করিয়া ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
dūra ha-ite āilā kājī māthā noyāiyā
kājīre vasāilā prabhu sammāna kariyā
When the Kazi came, his head bowed down, the Lord gave him proper respect and a seat.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Some participants were agitated because they could not control their minds. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained thoroughly peaceful, sober and unagitated.
The Kazi approached with his head bowed. The Lord offered him proper respect and a seat because he was a respectable government officer.
The Lord taught by His personal behavior. Even during difficult days in the saṅkīrtana movement, we should follow His footsteps and act according to the time and circumstances.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you follow the Lord’s example of respect when facing a difficult interaction?
In one difficult conversation today, speak calmly and offer the other person proper respect.
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