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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.131
মর্যাদা-লঙ্ঘনে লোক করে উপহাস ।
ইহলোক, পরলোক — দুই হয় নাশ ॥ ১৩১ ॥
maryādā-laṅghane loka kare upahāsa
iha-loka, para-loka — dui haya nāśa
“If one transgresses the laws of etiquette, people make fun of him, and thus he is vanquished in both this world and the next.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu warned against transgressing the laws of etiquette.
He explained that people make fun of someone who disregards these laws.
He described the consequence as being vanquished in both this world and the next, emphasizing that etiquette has spiritual as well as social importance.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord ordered Sanātana Gosvāmī to stay with Him for that year, and the next year, after seeing the Ratha-yātrā festival, he left Puruṣottama-kṣetra and returned to Vṛndāvana. After meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī also returned to Bengal, where he remained for one year.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Is there an aspect of devotional etiquette that I have been treating too lightly?
Review one etiquette rule you know and take care not to neglect it today.
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