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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.52
শুনি’ তাহা প্রভুর সঙ্কোচ-ভয় মনে ।
গোবিন্দে বোলাঞা কিছু কহেন বচনে ॥ ৫২ ॥
śuni’ tāhā prabhura saṅkoca-bhaya mane
govinde bolāñā kichu kahena vacane
After hearing this criticism, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was doubtful and apprehensive. Therefore He called Govinda and instructed him as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After hearing the criticism, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was doubtful and apprehensive.
He called Govinda and gave him instructions.
The following verses show that these instructions sharply limited the prasādam He would accept. The criticism thus had consequences beyond the accusation itself.
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:
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. Hearing his criticisms, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced His eating, but after Rāmacandra Purī left Jagannātha Purī, the Lord resumed His usual behavior.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I consider how my critical words may affect another person’s actions?
Pause before voicing a criticism today and consider one possible effect of your words.
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