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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.78
পরস্বভাবকর্মাণি ন প্রশংসেন্ন গর্হয়েৎ ।
বিশ্বমেকাত্মকং পশ্যন্ প্রকৃত্যা পুরুষেণ চ ॥ ৭৮ ॥
para-svabhāva-karmāṇi
na praśaṁsen na garhayet
viśvam ekātmakaṁ paśyan
prakṛtyā puruṣeṇa ca
“ ‘One should see that because of the meeting of material nature and the living entity, the universe is acting uniformly. Thus one should neither praise nor criticize the characteristics or activities of others.’
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The universe acts uniformly through the meeting of material nature and the living entity.
With this understanding, one should neither praise nor criticize others’ characteristics or activities.
The purport identifies this instruction as a statement from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 8.78 quotesSB 11.28.1
This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.28.1) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
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. 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.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.
Can this broader view help me pause before judging another person’s activities?
When you notice someone’s behavior today, pause before adding a judgment of praise or criticism.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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