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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.11
অন্যোপদেশে পণ্ডিত — কহে গোসাঞির ঠাঞি ।
‘গোসাঞি’ ‘গোসাঞি’ এবে জানিমু ‘গোসাঞি’ ॥ ১১ ॥
anyopadeśe paṇḍita — kahe gosāñira ṭhāñi
‘gosāñi’ ‘gosāñi’ ebe jānimu ‘gosāñi’
Dāmodara Paṇḍita impudently said to the Lord, “Everyone says that You are a great teacher because of Your instructions to others, but now we shall find out what kind of teacher You are.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Dāmodara Paṇḍita was a great devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, yet he spoke impudently. Even a devotee may be influenced by the external energy and material considerations.
Under that influence, a devotee may mistakenly criticize the spiritual master or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The purport warns against considering the spiritual master equal to a common man.
An apparent discrepancy may arise from an imperfect devotee’s estimation. The purport teaches that an unfamiliar action may have a purpose the devotee does not understand.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Hearing these words from Dāmodara Paṇḍita, the Lord sent him to Navadvīpa to supervise the affairs of His mother, Śacīdevī. He also especially requested Dāmodara Paṇḍita to remind His mother that He was sometimes going to her home to accept the food she offered.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might my imperfect understanding shape my judgment of the spiritual master?
Write down one distinction between what you have observed and what you have merely assumed about a spiritual instruction or action.
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