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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.54
ইহা বই অধিক আর কিছু না আনিবা ।
অধিক আনিলে আমা এথা না দেখিবা ।।” ৫৪ ।। ॥ ৫৪ ॥
ihā ba-i adhika āra kichu nā ānibā
adhika ānile āmā ethā nā dekhibā”
“If you bring any more than this, you will not see Me here anymore.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Govinda not to bring more than the stated amount.
He warned that if Govinda brought more, Govinda would no longer see Him there.
This warning made clear how firmly He intended the restriction to be followed.
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:
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.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 sometimes overlook a clear request because I think my own choice is better?
Honor one clear request today without adding something the person has specifically declined.
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