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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 6.28
পালক হঞা পাল্যেরে তাড়িতে না যুয়ায় ।
তুমি সর্বশাস্ত্র জান ‘জিন্দাপীর’-প্রায় ।।” ২৮ ॥ ২৮ ॥
pālaka hañā pālyere tāḍite nā yuyāya
tumi sarva-śāstra jāna ‘jindā-pīra’-prāya”
“For a maintainer to punish the person he maintains is not good. You are expert in all the scriptures. Indeed, you are like a living saint.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Raghunātha dāsa appeals that it is not good for a maintainer to punish the person he maintains. He asks the man to consider his duty of care.
He respectfully acknowledges the man’s expertise in all the scriptures. His appeal calls attention to that knowledge.
He describes the man as being like a living saint. These words appeal to the man’s capacity to act kindly.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had been attempting to come to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for a long time, and finally he left his home and met the Lord. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Śāntipura on His way to Vṛndāvana, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had offered to dedicate his life at the Lord’s lotus feet.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.
Does the way you treat those in your care reflect the values you profess?
Before correcting someone in your care today, pause and consider how to respond kindly.
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