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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.143
জরাসন্ধ কহে, — “কৃষ্ণ — পুরুষ-অধম ।
তোর সঙ্গে না যুঝিমু, “যাহি বন্ধুহন্” ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
jarāsandha kahe, — “kṛṣṇa — puruṣa-adhama
tora saṅge nā yujhimu, “yāhi bandhu-han”
“The demon Jarāsandha chastised Kṛṣṇa, saying, ‘You are the lowest of human beings. I shall not fight with You, for You killed Your own relatives.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jarāsandha chastised Kṛṣṇa as the lowest of human beings and refused to fight Him, accusing Him of killing His relatives.
Mother Sarasvatī offers prayers through these words. She takes ‘puruṣa-adhama’ to refer to the Personality of Godhead, under whom all other persons remain.
‘Bandhu-han’ means ‘the killer of māyā.’ In conditioned life, one is closely related with māyā as a friend, but contact with Kṛṣṇa frees one from that relationship.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
The mood of Antya 5 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:
Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lowest”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the description of māyā as a close friend help you understand about conditioned life?
Read the meaning of ‘bandhu-han’ again and offer a short prayer to Kṛṣṇa for freedom from your relationship with māyā.
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