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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.121
এত কহি’ মহাপ্রভু অভ্যন্তরে গেলা ।
গোসাঞির আবেশ দেখি’ সবে মৌন হৈলা ॥ ১২১ ॥
eta kahi’ mahāprabhu abhyantare gelā
gosāñira āveśa dekhi’ sabe mauna hailā
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered His room. Seeing Him in such an angry mood, all the devotees fell silent.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After speaking about false renunciation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered His room.
The devotees saw that He was in an angry mood.
All the devotees fell silent. Their response shows the seriousness of the moment.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 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:
Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I pause and listen when a serious correction is being given?
When corrected today, pause quietly before offering an explanation.
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