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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 7.95
সঙ্কটে পড়িল পণ্ডিত, করয়ে সংশয় ।
কি করিবেন, — একো, করিতে না পারে নিশ্চয় ॥ ৯৫ ॥
saṅkaṭe paḍila paṇḍita, karaye saṁśaya
ki karibena, — eko, karite nā pāre niścaya
Thus Paṇḍita Gosāñi fell into a dilemma. He was in such doubt that he could not decide alone what to do.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not take Vallabha Bhaṭṭa very seriously, so Gadādhara Paṇḍita became perplexed.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita wondered what his position would be if he heard Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s explanation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s name.
He thought that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would certainly be displeased. In this doubt, he could not decide alone what to do.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
How do you respond when a request leaves you uncertain about what is right?
Pause over one uncertain decision today and seek guidance rather than deciding under pressure.
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