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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.16
সন্ন্যাসীরে এত খাওয়াঞা করে ধর্ম নাশ ।
বৈরাগী হঞা এত খায়, বৈরাগ্যের নাহি ‘ভাস’ ।।” ১৬ ।। ॥ ১৬ ॥
sannyāsīre eta khāoyāñā kare dharma nāśa
vairāgī hañā eta khāya, vairāgyera nāhi ‘bhāsa’ ”
“Feeding a sannyāsī too much breaks his regulative principles, for when a sannyāsī eats too much, his renunciation is destroyed.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmacandra Purī said that feeding a sannyāsī too much breaks his regulative principles.
He argued that excessive eating destroys a sannyāsī’s renunciation. His criticism appealed to the discipline expected of renounced life.
In the surrounding account, he had eaten sumptuously himself and urged Jagadānanda to eat generously. His criticism should be read alongside his own conduct.
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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “generously”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I apply standards to my own conduct before using them to criticize others?
Choose one standard you expect from others and check your own conduct against it today.
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