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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.173
গুরু-শিষ্য-ন্যায়ে সত্য শিষ্যের পরাজয় ।
ভারতী কহে, — এহো নহে, অন্য হেতু হয় ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
guru-śiṣya-nyāye satya śiṣyera parājaya
bhāratī kahe, — eho nahe, anya hetu haya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus posed Himself as a disciple and accepted Brahmānanda Bhāratī as His spiritual master. He then said, “The disciple is certainly defeated in an argument with the spiritual master.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu poses Himself as a disciple and accepts Brahmānanda Bhāratī as His spiritual master.
He says that the disciple is certainly defeated in an argument with the spiritual master.
Brahmānanda Bhāratī immediately counters this explanation. He says that there is another cause for the Lord’s defeat.
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 Brahmānanda understood Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu correctly, he accepted Him as Kṛṣṇa Himself. However, when Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya addressed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Kṛṣṇa, the Lord immediately protested.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 willing to take the position of a learner rather than always defend my own argument?
When receiving instruction today, listen carefully before offering your own view.
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