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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.12
ঐছে বাত পুনরপি মুখে না আনিবে ।
কহ যদি, তবে আমায় এথা না দেখিবে ॥ ১২ ॥
aiche bāta punarapi mukhe nā ānibe
kaha yadi, tabe āmāya ethā nā dekhibe
“Bhaṭṭācārya, if you continue to speak like this, you will never see Me here again. Therefore you should never let such a request come from your mouth.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord directly tells Bhaṭṭācārya not to continue speaking in this way.
He warns that if Bhaṭṭācārya continues, he will never see Him there again.
The Lord firmly instructs him never to make such a request again.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I accept a clear refusal without continuing to press my request?
Today, refrain from repeating one request that has already been firmly declined.
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