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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.140
জগতের ‘হিত’ হউক, — এই প্রভুর মন ।
দণ্ড করি’ করে তার হৃদয় শোধন ॥ ১৪০ ॥
jagatera ‘hita’ ha-uka — ei prabhura mana
daṇḍa kari’ kare tāra hṛdaya śodhana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always eager to see everyone in the material world happy. Therefore sometimes He chastises someone just to purify his heart.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always eager to see everyone in the material world happy.
For this reason, He sometimes chastises someone.
His purpose in such chastisement is to purify that person’s heart. His correction expresses His concern for their happiness.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the Lord’s wish for happiness change my understanding of His correction?
Choose one instruction from this batch that challenges your pride, and take one small step to follow it today.
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