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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 8: Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the Lord
Antya 8.38Antya 8.40

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.39

অনিমন্ত্রণ ভিক্ষা করে, নাহিক নির্ণয় ।

অন্যের ভিক্ষার স্থিতির লয়েন নিশ্চয় ॥ ৩৯ ॥

animantraṇa bhikṣā kare, nāhika nirṇaya

anyera bhikṣāra sthitira layena niścaya

Translation

There was no certainty of where Rāmacandra Purī would take his meal, for he would do so even uninvited. Nevertheless, he was very particular about keeping account of how others were taking their meals.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Scrutinizing Others While Eating Uninvited

  1. 1

    There was no certainty about where Rāmacandra Purī would take his meal.

  2. 2

    He would eat even without an invitation.

  3. 3

    Nevertheless, he was very particular about keeping account of how others took their meals.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 8: Rāmacandra Purī Criticizes the Lord

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because Rāmacandra Purī had been rejected by his spiritual master, he became concerned only with finding faults in others and advising them according to dry Māyāvāda philosophy. For this reason he was not very respectful to the Vaiṣṇavas, and later he became so fallen that he began criticizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His eating.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. animantraṇawithout being invited
  2. bhikṣā kareaccepts food
  3. nāhika nirṇayathere is no certainty
  4. anyeraof others
  5. bhikṣāraof acceptance of prasādam
  6. sthitiraof the situation
  7. layena niścayatakes account
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I scrutinize others’ habits more closely than I examine my own?

Practice

At a meal today, refrain from an unnecessary comment about how someone else is eating.

Live this todayScrutinizing Others While Eating UninvitedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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