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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 8.42Antya 8.44

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.43

প্রভুর যতেক গুণ স্পর্শিতে নারিল ।

ছিদ্র চাহি’ বুলে, কাঁহা ছিদ্র না পাইল ॥ ৪৩ ॥

prabhura yateka guṇa sparśite nārila

chidra cāhi’ bule, kāṅhā chidra nā pāila

Translation

Because Rāmacandra Purī was interested only in finding faults, he could not understand the transcendental qualities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. His only concern was finding faults, but still he could not find any.

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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.

Fault-Finding Blocks Appreciation

  1. 1

    Rāmacandra Purī was interested only in finding faults.

  2. 2

    Because of this, he could not understand the transcendental qualities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Although finding faults was his only concern, he could not find any.

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. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. yateka guṇaall the transcendental attributes
  3. sparśite nārilacould not touch or understand
  4. chidra cāhi’looking for faults
  5. bulehe goes about
  6. kāṅhāanywhere
  7. chidrafault
  8. nā pāilahe could not find
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might my habit of looking for faults keep me from appreciating good qualities?

Practice

Notice and acknowledge one good quality in someone you tend to criticize.

Live this todayFault-Finding Blocks AppreciationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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