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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.121
স্বগণ-সহিতে মোর মানিলা নিমন্ত্রণ ।
এবে কেনে প্রভুর মোতে ফিরি’ গেল মন? ॥ ১২১ ॥
svagaṇa-sahite mora mānilā nimantraṇa
ebe kene prabhura mote phiri’ gela mana?
“He accepted my invitation with His other devotees, and He was kind to me. Why has He now changed so much here at Jagannātha Purī?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa remembered that Lord Caitanya had accepted his invitation with His other devotees.
He recognized the Lord’s earlier kindness, but wondered why His behavior seemed so different at Jagannātha Purī.
His question led toward the recognition that the Lord was correcting his false pride for his benefit.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I assume kindness has ended when someone no longer treats me as I expect?
Write down one question about a correction you found difficult, leaving room for an explanation other than unkindness.
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