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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.250
শুনি’ প্রভু ক্রোধে কৈল কৃষ্ণে দোষোদ্গার ।
ঠেঙ্গা লঞা উঠিলা প্রভু পড়ুয়া মারিবার ॥ ২৫০ ॥
śuni’ prabhu krodhe kaila kṛṣṇe doṣodgāra
ṭheṅgā lañā uṭhilā prabhu paḍuyā māribāra
Hearing the foolish student, the Lord became greatly angry and rebuked Lord Kṛṣṇa in various ways. Taking up a stick, He rose to strike the student.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The gopīs, especially Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, denounced Kṛṣṇa when Uddhava brought His message. Their words reflected an exuberant loving attitude that an ordinary person cannot understand.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu similarly rebuked Kṛṣṇa in loving exuberance while in the mood of the gopīs. The student misjudged His anger, and he and other students became ready to retaliate.
After this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu decided to take sannyāsa so people would not offend Him by considering Him an ordinary householder. A sannyāsī is naturally offered respect in India.
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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīs”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this purport caution me against judging devotional feelings by ordinary appearances?
Reread the explanation of loving exuberance and note one way the student misunderstood the Lord.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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