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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.24
মোরে মুখ না দেখাবি তুই, যাও যথি-তথি ।
তোরে দেখি’ মৈলে মোর হবে অসদ্গতি ॥ ২৪ ॥
more mukha nā dekhābi tui, yāo yathi-tathi
tore dekhi’ maile mora habe asad-gati
“Don’t show your face to me! Go anywhere else you like. If I die seeing your face, I shall not achieve the destination of my life.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhavendra Purī firmly told Rāmacandra Purī to leave and not show his face again.
He said that dying while seeing Rāmacandra Purī’s face would prevent him from achieving his life’s destination.
In the preceding prayer, his longing was to reach Kṛṣṇa and Mathurā. His rejection of Rāmacandra Purī’s presence reflects the seriousness of that spiritual aim.
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: “longing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What interactions distract me from remembering Kṛṣṇa and my spiritual aim?
Set aside a short, uninterrupted period today to chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name.
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