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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.271
ঔদ্ধত্য করিতে হৈল সবাকার মন ।
স্বতন্ত্র হইয়া সবে নাশা’বে ভুবন ॥ ২৭১ ॥
auddhatya karite haila sabākāra mana
svatantra ha-iyā sabe nāśā’be bhuvana
Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised all the devotees, telling them not to show impudence and spoil the entire world by becoming independent.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu warned His followers not to become independent or impudent.
After His disappearance, many apa-sampradāyas, or so-called followers, invented ways not approved by the ācāryas.
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura identified these groups. The warning is against independent inventions that can spoil the entire world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “followers”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you remain open to guidance rather than inventing your own devotional ways?
Consider one devotional practice you follow and check whether it rests on the guidance of the ācāryas.
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