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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.227
জিহ্বার লালসে যেই ইতি-উতি ধায় ।
শিশ্নোদরপরায়ণ কৃষ্ণ নাহি পায় ।।” ২২৭ ।। ॥ ২২৭ ॥
jihvāra lālase yei iti-uti dhāya
śiśnodara-parāyaṇa kṛṣṇa nāhi pāya”
“One who is subservient to the tongue and who thus goes here and there, devoted to the genitals and the belly, cannot attain Kṛṣṇa.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Being subservient to the tongue leads a person here and there in pursuit of satisfaction.
The verse warns against a life devoted to the genitals and the belly.
One who remains ruled by these demands cannot attain Kṛṣṇa.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 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:
The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When do the demands of my tongue distract me from seeking Kṛṣṇa?
When an unnecessary food craving arises today, pause and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa instead of immediately following it.
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