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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.17
এই ত’ স্বভাব তাঁর আগ্রহ করিয়া ।
পিছে নিন্দা করে, আগে বহুত খাওয়াঞা ॥ ১৭ ॥
ei ta’ svabhāva tāṅra āgraha kariyā
piche nindā kare, āge bahuta khāoyāñā
The characteristic of Rāmacandra Purī was that first he would induce someone to eat more than necessary and then he would criticize him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmacandra Purī would first induce someone to eat more than necessary.
After encouraging that excess, he would criticize the person for it.
His behavior shows the unfairness of encouraging an action and then finding fault with someone for doing it.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I ever encourage someone to do something and later criticize them for it?
At a meal today, respect another person’s choice about how much to eat.
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