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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.79
তার মধ্যে পূর্ববিধি ‘প্রশংসা’ ছাড়িয়া ।
পরবিধি ‘নিন্দা’ করে ‘বলিষ্ঠ’ জানিয়া ॥ ৭৯ ॥
tāra madhye pūrva-vidhi ‘praśaṁsā’ chāḍiyā
para-vidhi ‘nindā’ kare ‘baliṣṭha’ jāniyā
“Of the two rules, Rāmacandra Purī obeys the first by abandoning praise, but although he knows that the second is more prominent, he neglects it by criticizing others.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The first injunction, pūrva-vidhi, says not to praise; the second, para-vidhi, says not to criticize. The injunction against blasphemy is more important.
One should carefully observe the para-vidhi, although one may neglect the pūrva-vidhi. Thus the actual injunction is that one may praise but should not criticize.
Rāmacandra Purī did the opposite: he strictly avoided praise but continued criticizing others. The purport explains that by neglecting the principle of not criticizing, he broke both rules.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
Do I withhold praise while freely speaking about others’ faults?
Today, acknowledge one genuine good quality in someone without adding a critical qualification.
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