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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.18
পূর্বে যবে মাধবেন্দ্র করেন অন্তর্ধান ।
রামচন্দ্রপুরী তবে আইলা তাঁর স্থান ॥ ১৮ ॥
pūrve yabe mādhavendra karena antardhāna
rāmacandra-purī tabe āilā tāṅra sthāna
Formerly, when Mādhavendra Purī was at the last stage of his life, Rāmacandra Purī came to where he was staying.
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Mādhavendra Purī was at the last stage of his life.
Rāmacandra Purī came to the place where he was staying.
The following exchange shows that Rāmacandra Purī did not understand his spiritual master’s devotional feelings.
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:
Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī. Therefore Mādhavendra Purī accused him of being an offender and rejected him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I visit someone who is suffering, do I first try to understand rather than advise?
In one conversation today, listen carefully before offering advice.
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