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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.69
প্রভু কহে, — “অজ্ঞ বালক মুই ‘শিষ্য’ তোমার ।
মোরে শিক্ষা দেহ’, — এই ভাগ্য আমার ।।” ৬৯ ।। ॥ ৬৯ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “ajña bālaka mui ‘śiṣya’ tomāra
more śikṣā deha’, — ei bhāgya āmāra”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then humbly submitted, “I am just like an ignorant boy and am like your disciple. It is My great fortune that you are instructing Me.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu responds with humility. He describes Himself as being like an ignorant boy.
He says He is like the speaker's disciple. His words express a humble willingness to receive instruction.
He calls receiving instruction His great fortune. Rather than answering harshly, He speaks with appreciation.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”, “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when someone offers me instruction?
When someone offers guidance today, listen without interrupting and respond respectfully.
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