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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 2.87
বিরুদ্ধার্থ কহ তুমি, কহিতে কর রোষ ।
তোমার অর্থে অবিমৃষ্টবিধেয়াংশ–দোষ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
viruddhārtha kaha tumi, kahite kara roṣa
tomāra arthe avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa-doṣa
“You say something contradictory and become angry when this is pointed out. Your explanation has the defect of a misplaced predicate. This is an unconsidered adjustment.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker points out a contradictory explanation.
The person giving that explanation becomes angry when the contradiction is shown.
The explanation has a misplaced predicate—the describing part of the statement. This is called an unconsidered adjustment.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
Because Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is not different from Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the cause of all causes; there is no cause beyond Him. He is eternal, and His form is spiritual.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When a contradiction in my understanding is pointed out, can I examine it without becoming angry?
Reread one explanation you have given today and calmly check whether its wording matches what you meant.
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