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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.81
“ভাগবতের টীকা কিছু করিয়াছি লিখন ।
আপনে মহাপ্রভু যদি করেন শ্রবণ ।।” ৮১ ।। ॥ ৮১ ॥
“bhāgavatera ṭīkā kichu kariyāchi likhana
āpane mahāprabhu yadi karena śravaṇa”
“I have written some commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,” he said. “Would Your Lordship kindly hear it?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa said that he had written some commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
He asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear it.
His words, “Would Your Lordship kindly hear it?” presented this as a courteous request.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When sharing something you have written, do you first ask whether the other person is willing to hear it?
Before sharing a thought or piece of writing today, kindly ask whether the listener would like to hear it.
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