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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.21
“তুমি — পূর্ণ-ব্রহ্মানন্দ, করহ স্মরণ ।
ব্রহ্মবিৎ হঞা কেনে করহ রোদন?” ॥ ২১ ॥
“tumi — pūrṇa-brahmānanda, karaha smaraṇa
brahmavit hañā kene karaha rodana?”
“If you are in full transcendental bliss,” he said, “you should now remember only Brahman. Why are you crying?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Bhagavad-gītā describes a Brahman-realized person as always happy, neither lamenting nor aspiring for anything.
Not knowing why Mādhavendra Purī was crying, Rāmacandra Purī told him to remember only Brahman.
By trying to become his spiritual master’s advisor, he committed a great offense. A disciple should never try to instruct his spiritual master.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”, “lamenting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I using what I know to learn humbly, or to place myself above my teacher?
Write down one spiritual question you do not understand, framing it as a request to learn rather than a correction.
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