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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.124
যদ্যপি গোসাঞি তারে হঞাছে সন্তোষ ।
ধর্মসংস্থাপন লাগি’ বাহিরে মহারোষ ॥ ১২৪ ॥
yadyapi gosāñi tāre hañāche santoṣa
dharma-saṁsthāpana lāgi’ bāhire mahā-roṣa
Although the Lord was certainly satisfied with him, He became angry externally in order to establish the etiquette of religious principles.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord was certainly satisfied with the Vaiṣṇava.
Nevertheless, He became angry externally.
His purpose was to establish the etiquette of religious principles.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love. Then the son of Advaita Prabhu named Gopāla fainted during kīrtana, and when he did not come to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu favored him by awakening him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I recognize that correction may coexist with satisfaction?
Recall one correction you have received and consider the principle it was meant to uphold.
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