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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.10
প্রভু কহে, — তথাপি রাজা কালসর্পাকার ।
কাষ্ঠনারী-স্পর্শে যৈছে উপজে বিকার ॥ ১০ ॥
prabhu kahe, — tathāpi rājā kāla-sarpākāra
kāṣṭha-nārī-sparśe yaiche upaje vikāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Although it is correct that the King is a great devotee, he is still to be considered a venomous snake. Similarly, even though a woman be made of wood, one becomes agitated simply by touching her form.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Cāṇakya Paṇḍita advises abandoning the association of materialistic people and associating with spiritually advanced people.
A materialist's qualifications do not remove the danger of materialistic association, just as jewels do not make a venomous snake harmless.
One should therefore be careful in dealing with materialists, just as one would be careful with a bejeweled serpent.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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 Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I drawn to impressive qualifications while overlooking the influence of someone's association?
Make time today for one conversation with a spiritually advanced person.
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