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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.118
পণ্ডিত কহে, — ‘কে তোমারে কহে মিথ্যা বাণী ।
আমি গৌড় হৈতে তৈল কভু নাহি আনি ।।’ ১১৮ ।। ॥ ১১৮ ॥
paṇḍita kahe, — ‘ke tomāre kahe mithyā vāṇī
āmi gauḍa haite taila kabhu nāhi āni’
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita replied, “Who tells You all these false stories? I never brought any oil from Bengal.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita asked who had told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu these “false stories.”
He said that he had never brought any oil from Bengal.
His reply followed the Lord’s refusal of the oil and His suggestion that it be used in Jagannātha’s temple.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 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:
The year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when an offering is not received as I intended?
Before replying to a disappointment today, pause and notice what you want to say.
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