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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.27
তরুসম সহিষ্ণুতা বৈষ্ণব করিবে ।
ভৎর্সন–তাড়নে কাকে কিছু না বলিবে ॥ ২৭ ॥
taru-sama sahiṣṇutā vaiṣṇava karibe
bhartsana-tāḍane kāke kichu nā balibe
“A devotee engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord should practice forbearance like that of a tree. Even if rebuked or chastised, he should not say anything to others to retaliate.
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A devotee engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord should practice forbearance.
A tree is given as the example of this forbearance.
Even when rebuked or chastised, the devotee should not speak to retaliate.
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:
In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi. Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “chanting”, “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When corrected, do I feel an urge to answer with words meant to hurt?
If corrected today, pause before answering and refrain from retaliatory words.
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