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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.62
বৈষ্ণবের গুণগ্রাহী, না দেখয়ে দোষ ।
কায়মনোবাক্যে করে বৈষ্ণব–সন্তোষ ॥ ৬২ ॥
vaiṣṇavera guṇa-grāhī, nā dekhaye doṣa
kāya-mano-vākye kare vaiṣṇava-santoṣa
He always accepted the good qualities of Vaiṣṇavas and never found fault in them. He engaged his heart and soul only to satisfy the Vaiṣṇavas.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A Vaiṣṇava is adoṣa-darśī: he never sees others’ faults. Although everyone has both faults and glories, he accepts their glories.
Flies seek sores, whereas honeybees seek honey. Similarly, Haridāsa Paṇḍita considered only the good qualities of Vaiṣṇavas.
He engaged his heart and soul only to satisfy the Vaiṣṇavas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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 these ācāryas will bestow their causeless mercy upon a devotee and gradually purify his heart. When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I more inclined to notice others’ good qualities or their faults?
Today, notice and sincerely appreciate one good quality in a Vaiṣṇava.
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