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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.83
ইঁহার বচনে কেনে অন্ন ত্যাগ কর ? পূর্ববৎ নিমন্ত্রণ মান’, — সবার বোল ধর ।।” ৮৩ ।। ॥ ৮৩ ॥
iṅhāra vacane kene anna tyāga kara?
pūrvavat nimantraṇa māna’, — sabāra bola dhara”
“Why have You given up proper eating due to the criticism of Rāmacandra Purī? Please accept invitations as before. This is the request of us all.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Those around Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were concerned that He had given up proper eating because of Rāmacandra Purī’s criticism.
They asked Him to accept invitations as before, rather than continue eating so little.
They presented this as the request of them all, expressing their shared concern for Him.
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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