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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 8.48Antya 8.50

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.49

“রাত্রাবত্র ঐক্ষবমাসীৎ, তেন পিপীলিকাঃ সঞ্চরন্তি ।

অহো! বিরক্তানাং সন্ন্যাসিনামিয়মিন্দ্রিয়লালসেতি ব্রুবন্নুত্থায় গতঃ ।।” ৪৯ ।। ॥ ৪৯ ॥

“rātrāv atra aikṣavam āsīt, tena

pipīlikāḥ sañcaranti aho! viraktānāṁ

sannyāsinām iyam indriya-lālaseti

bruvann utthāya gataḥ.”

Translation

“Last night there was sugar candy here,” he said. “Therefore ants are wandering about. Alas, this renounced sannyāsī is attached to such sense gratification!” After speaking in this way, he got up and left.

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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.

Do Not Turn Assumptions into Accusations

  1. 1

    Rāmacandra Purī saw ants and claimed that sugar candy had been there the night before.

  2. 2

    He accused the renounced sannyāsī of attachment to sense gratification, then got up and left.

  3. 3

    The surrounding verses explain that his accusation was imagined. The presence of ants did not establish the fault he alleged.

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:

Therefore Mādhavendra Purī accused him of being an offender and rejected him. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rātrauat night
  2. atrahere
  3. aikṣavamsugar candy
  4. āsītwas
  5. tenaby that
  6. pipīlikāḥants
  7. sañcarantiwander about
  8. ahoalas
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When have I treated an assumption about someone as a proven fault?

Practice

Before repeating a criticism today, separate what you actually observed from what you assumed.

Live this todayDo Not Turn Assumptions into AccusationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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