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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.1
তং বন্দে কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যং রামচন্দ্রপুরীভয়াৎ ।
লৌকিকাহারতঃ স্বং যো ভিক্ষান্নং সমকোচয়ৎ ॥ ১ ॥
taṁ vande kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ
rāmacandra-purī-bhayāt
laukikāhārataḥ svaṁ yo
bhikṣānnaṁ samakocayat
Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who reduced His eating due to fear of the criticism of Rāmacandra Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author offers respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced His eating due to fear of Rāmacandra Purī’s criticism.
The opening verse places this response to criticism within an offering of respect to the Lord.
Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.
The mood of Antya 8 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:
The following summary of the eighth chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this opening offering help me approach the Lord’s response to criticism with respect?
Read the verse slowly and offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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