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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.7
বিরক্ত সন্ন্যাসী আমার রাজ-দরশন ।
স্ত্রী-দরশন-সম বিষের ভক্ষণ ॥ ৭ ॥
virakta sannyāsī āmāra rāja-daraśana
strī-daraśana-sama viṣera bhakṣaṇa
“Since I am in the renounced order, it is as dangerous for Me to meet a king as to meet a woman. To meet either would be just like drinking poison.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord explained His response by saying that He was in the renounced order.
For Him, meeting a king was as dangerous as meeting a woman.
He compared meeting either to drinking poison, emphasizing the seriousness of His renounced commitment.
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:
The King also made promises to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, who hinted how the King might meet the Lord. During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha.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.
What does the Lord’s strong language reveal about His commitment to the renounced order?
Write one sentence describing why the Lord considered the proposed meeting dangerous for His renounced life.
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