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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.33
নিত্যানন্দপ্রভুর সব চরিত্র — ‘বিপরীত’ ।
ক্রুদ্ধ হঞা লাথি মারি’ করে তার হিত ॥ ৩৩ ॥
nityānanda-prabhura saba caritra — ‘viparīta’
kruddha hañā lāthi māri’ kare tāra hita
One of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s characteristics is His contradictory nature. When He becomes angry and kicks someone, it is actually for his benefit.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu’s nature is described as contradictory.
When He becomes angry and kicks someone, it is actually for that person’s benefit.
Śrīkānta’s offended reaction shows that this benefit was not immediately apparent to him.
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:
Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.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 does this description of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu challenge Śrīkānta’s first impression?
Reread the verse and note the difference between the act’s appearance and its stated benefit.
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