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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.256
পুনঃ যদি ঐছে করে মারিব তাহারে ।
কোন্ বা মানুষ হয়, কি করিতে পারে ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
punaḥ yadi aiche kare māriba tāhare
kon vā mānuṣa haya, ki karite pāre
“If He again performs such an atrocious act, certainly we shall retaliate and strike Him in turn. What kind of important person is He, that He can check us in this way?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The students described the Lord’s act as atrocious.
They threatened to retaliate and strike Him if He acted that way again.
They questioned His importance and His right to check them.
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:
It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand. But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When someone checks my behavior, do I consider their correction or think of retaliation?
If you feel checked or corrected today, pause before answering and do not respond with a threat.
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