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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.101
যেই কিছু করে ভট্ট ‘সিদ্ধান্ত’ স্থাপন ।
শুনিতেই আচার্য তাহা করেন খণ্ডন ॥ ১০১ ॥
yei kichu kare bhaṭṭa ‘siddhānta’ sthāpana
śunitei ācārya tāhā karena khaṇḍana
Whatever conclusions Vallabha Bhaṭṭa eagerly presented were refuted by personalities like Advaita Ācārya.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa eagerly presented his conclusions.
Personalities like Advaita Ācārya refuted whatever conclusions he presented.
His eagerness did not make his conclusions sound. In this setting, repeated argument did not establish his position.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him. Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to reconsider a conclusion when it is challenged?
When a view of yours is challenged today, pause and consider the response before defending it.
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