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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 7.52
ইহা শুনি রহে প্রভু ঈষৎ হাসিয়া ।
সেই কালে এক বিপ্র মিলিল আসিয়া ॥ ৫২ ॥
ihā śuni rahe prabhu īṣat hāsiyā
sei kāle eka vipra milila āsiyā
While Tapana Miśra and Candraśekhara were thus talking with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He only smiled slightly and remained silent. At that time a brāhmaṇa came there to meet the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled slightly and remained silent because the criticism was directed at Himself. The purport calls this ideal Vaiṣṇava behavior.
One should not become angry at criticism of oneself. When other Vaiṣṇavas are criticized, however, one must be prepared to act.
The Lord was compassionate toward His pure devotees Tapana Miśra and Candraśekhara. By His omnipotency, He arranged for a brāhmaṇa to arrive for their happiness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I distinguish humility about criticism of myself from responsibility toward other devotees?
If you receive personal criticism today, pause and choose a response without anger.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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