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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.7
ভট্ট কহে, — যে শুনিলা সব সত্য হয় ।
তাঁর দর্শন তোমার ঘটন না হয় ॥ ৭ ॥
bhaṭṭa kahe, — ye śunilā saba satya haya
tāṅra darśana tomāra ghaṭana nā haya
The Bhaṭṭācārya replied, “All that you have heard is true, but as far as an interview is concerned, it is very difficult to arrange.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Bhaṭṭācārya confirmed that everything the speaker had heard was true.
He then addressed the request for an interview.
He explained that arranging the interview would be very difficult.
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 Mahārāja Pratāparudra requested the Bhaṭṭācārya to arrange an interview with the Lord, the Bhaṭṭācārya assured him that he would try to do so as soon as Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India. When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from His South Indian tour, He lived at the home of Kāśī Miśra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you acknowledge what is true while being honest about a request’s difficulties?
Today, before agreeing to a request, consider whether it is difficult to fulfill and explain any difficulty honestly.
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