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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.57
ভট্ট কহে, — “এ সব বৈষ্ণব রহে কোন্ স্থানে ? কোন্ প্রকারে পাইমু ইহাঁ-সবার দর্শনে ? ॥ ৫৭ ॥
bhaṭṭa kahe, — “e saba vaiṣṇava rahe kon sthāne?
kon prakāre pāimu ihāṅ-sabāra darśane?”
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa said, “Where do all these Vaiṣṇavas live, and how can I see them?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa asked where all these Vaiṣṇavas lived.
He also asked how he could see them, giving practical expression to his desire.
Rather than continuing to speak about his own learning, he sought guidance on meeting the devotees.
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.
What practical question could help me move from admiring devotees to learning in their company?
Ask a devotee how you could attend an opportunity to hear about devotional service.
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