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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.115
প্রভু হাসি’ কহে, — “স্বামী না মানে যেই জন ।
বেশ্যার ভিতরে তারে করিয়ে গণন ।।” ১১৫ ।। ॥ ১১৫ ॥
prabhu hāsi’ kahe, — “svāmī nā māne yei jana
veśyāra bhitare tāre kariye gaṇana”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smilingly replied, “One who does not accept the svāmī [husband] as an authority I consider a prostitute.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied to Vallabha Bhaṭṭa with a smile.
His reply used the word svāmī in the sense of “husband,” turning Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s rejection into a sharp rebuke.
He said that He considered one who did not accept the svāmī as an authority a prostitute, challenging the rejection of Śrīdhara Svāmī.
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:
Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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How willing am I to reconsider a proud statement when it receives a sharp correction?
Read the reply alongside Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s preceding claim, and note what the rebuke challenges.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
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