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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.99
গুরু উপেক্ষা কৈলে, ঐছে ফল হয় ।
ক্রমে ঈশ্বরপর্যন্ত অপরাধে ঠেকয় ॥ ৯৯ ॥
guru upekṣā kaile, aiche phala haya
krame īśvara-paryanta aparādhe ṭhekaya
If one’s spiritual master rejects him, one becomes so fallen that he, like Rāmacandra Purī, commits offenses even to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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The verse warns that one becomes deeply fallen if rejected by one’s spiritual master.
In that fallen condition, one commits offenses even to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Rāmacandra Purī is given as the example of this grave condition.
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
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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: “fallen”
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How does this warning deepen my care for my relationship with the spiritual master?
Reflect for a minute on this warning, and write one sentence about the importance of treating the spiritual master with care and respect.
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