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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.14
আগ্রহ করিয়া পুনঃ পুনঃ খাওয়াইল ।
আচমন কৈলে নিন্দা করিতে লাগিল ॥ ১৪ ॥
āgraha kariyā punaḥ punaḥ khāoyāila
ācamana kaile nindā karite lāgila
Encouraging him again and again, Rāmacandra Purī fed him sumptuously, but when Jagadānanda had washed his hands and mouth, Rāmacandra Purī began criticizing him.
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Rāmacandra Purī repeatedly encouraged Jagadānanda to eat.
He fed Jagadānanda sumptuously. Jagadānanda then washed his hands and mouth after the meal.
Only then did Rāmacandra Purī begin criticizing him. He blamed the person whose eating he had himself encouraged.
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:
This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī. Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I ever criticize someone for doing what I encouraged them to do?
Before criticizing a choice today, check whether your own encouragement helped bring it about.
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