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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.278
“বিষয়ীর অন্ন খাইলে মলিন হয় মন ।
মলিন মন হৈলে নহে কৃষ্ণের স্মরণ ॥ ২৭৮ ॥
“viṣayīra anna khāile malina haya mana
malina mana haile nahe kṛṣṇera smaraṇa
“When one eats food offered by a materialistic man, one’s mind becomes contaminated, and when the mind is contaminated, one is unable to think of Kṛṣṇa properly.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Food offered by a materialistic person contaminates the mind, making it unable to think of Kṛṣṇa properly. Even a serious devotee can become materially inclined through this contamination.
The six kinds of association are giving charity, accepting charity, accepting food, offering food, talking confidentially and inquiring confidentially.
One should carefully avoid association with non-Vaiṣṇavas and sahajiyās, so-called Vaiṣṇavas who take everything casually. Such association turns devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa into sense gratification.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Thereafter, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī used to eat rejected food that he had collected and washed. This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”, “service”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of my close exchanges supports remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, and which encourages sense gratification?
Review one regular exchange of food, gifts or confidential conversation and consider its effect on your remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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