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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 7.126
“আমি অজ্ঞ জীব, — অজ্ঞোচিত কর্ম কৈলুঁ ।
তোমার আগে মূর্খ আমি পাণ্ডিত্য প্রকাশিলুঁ ॥ ১২৬ ॥
“āmi ajña jīva, — ajñocita karma kailuṅ
tomāra āge mūrkha āmi pāṇḍitya prakāśiluṅ
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa admitted, “I am a great fool, and indeed I have acted like a fool by trying to demonstrate my learning to You.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa openly admitted that he had acted like a fool.
He identified his mistake: trying to demonstrate his learning to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Instead of defending his conduct, he acknowledged it with humility.
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:
Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Later, when Vallabha Bhaṭṭa became intimately connected with the Lord, the Lord advised him to take instructions from Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When do I use what I know to impress others?
In one conversation today, listen carefully instead of looking for a chance to display your knowledge.
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