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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.70
এত শুনি’ রামচন্দ্রপুরী উঠি’ গেলা ।
ভক্তগণ অর্ধাশন করে, — পুরী গোসাঞি শুনিলা ॥ ৭০ ॥
eta śuni’ rāmacandra-purī uṭhi’ gelā
bhakta-gaṇa ardhāśana kare, — purī gosāñi śunilā
Hearing this, Rāmacandra Purī got up and left. He also heard from various sources that all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were eating half as much as usual.
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After hearing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's humble reply, Rāmacandra Purī gets up and leaves.
Rāmacandra Purī also hears from various sources that all the devotees are eating half as much as usual.
The reduced eating extends beyond Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to His devotees. In the following conversation, Paramānanda Purī questions the benefit of giving up eating because of criticism.
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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “conversation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I notice when criticism affects the well-being of others around me?
Gently ask someone close to you whether they have had enough to eat today.
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