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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.112
অষ্টমাস রহি’ প্রভু ভট্টে বিদায় দিলা ।
‘বিবাহ না করিহ’ বলি’ নিষেধ করিলা ॥ ১১২ ॥
aṣṭa-māsa rahi’ prabhu bhaṭṭe vidāya dilā
‘vivāha nā kariha’ bali’ niṣedha karilā
After eight months, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, the Lord flatly forbade him to marry. “Do not marry,” the Lord said.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After eight months, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa and firmly told him not to marry.
Raghunātha Bhaṭṭācārya was already a greatly advanced devotee of Kṛṣṇa and naturally had no desire for sense gratification. Seeing this, the Lord advised him not to begin that process.
The purport describes marriage as a concession for those unable to control their senses. It warns that family attachment and sense gratification can greatly slow or halt spiritual advancement.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
When Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita. Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which desire for sense gratification is distracting me from spiritual advancement?
Set aside one unnecessary sense pleasure today and use that time for devotional service.
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