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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.23
প্রভু কহে, — “মথুরা যাইবা আমায় ক্রোধ করি’ ।
আমায় দোষ লাগাঞা তুমি হইবা ভিখারী ।।” ২৩ ।। ॥ ২৩ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “mathurā yāibā āmāya krodha kari’
āmāya doṣa lāgāñā tumi ha-ibā bhikhārī”
With great affection, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “If you are angry with Me when you go to Mathurā, you will merely become a beggar and criticize Me.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke to Jagadānanda Paṇḍita with great affection.
He warned against going to Mathurā while angry with Him.
The Lord said that, if Jagadānanda went in that mood, he would merely become a beggar and criticize Him.
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:
Thinking Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadānanda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them.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.
Could unresolved anger turn a plan I value into an occasion for criticism?
If you feel angry today, pause before making a decision or speaking critically.
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