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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.154
ব্রহ্মানন্দ পরিয়াছে মৃগচর্মাম্বর ।
তাহা দেখি’ প্রভু দুঃখ পাইলা অন্তর ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
brahmānanda pariyāche mṛga-carmāmbara
tāhā dekhi’ prabhu duḥkha pāilā antara
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees approached him, they saw that he was covered with a deerskin. Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very unhappy.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Brahmānanda Bhāratī belonged to the Śaṅkara-sampradāya. The title Bhāratī indicates one of its ten classes of sannyāsīs.
The Manu-saṁhitā enjoins those who have renounced the world to cover themselves with a deerskin or tree bark.
Simply wearing a deerskin without spiritually advancing leaves a sannyāsī bewildered by false prestige. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unhappy to see Brahmānanda Bhāratī wearing one.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 10 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:
When he arrived at Jagannātha Purī, he was advised to give up the deerskin clothing he wore. When Brahmānanda understood Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu correctly, he accepted Him as Kṛṣṇa Himself.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I giving more attention to appearing spiritual than to spiritually advancing?
Examine one outward sign of your spiritual life and honestly consider whether you use it for prestige.
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