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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.127
এই অপরাধে মোর কাহাঁ হবে গতি ।
তোমার ‘গৌড়ীয়া’ করে এতেক ফৈজতি ! ১২৭ ॥
ei aparādhe mora kāhāṅ habe gati
tomāra ‘gauḍīyā’ kare eteka phaijati!
“I now do not know what My destination is because of this offense. Indeed, your Bengali Vaiṣṇava has greatly implicated Me.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas strictly observe the paramparā system. Calling the devotee “your Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava” indicates their subordination to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Before the Deity, one should not accept obeisances or offer obeisances and touch the spiritual master’s feet. A spiritual master should not permit a disciple to wash his feet there.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so washing His lotus feet in the temple was not actually offensive. Yet, playing the part of an ācārya, He considered Himself an ordinary human being to teach proper etiquette.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
In answer to this humorous statement, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu replied that Advaita Ācārya was a monist and that one could not know how his mind could be turned by eating with such an impersonalist. The conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s own example help me take etiquette before the Deity seriously?
Write down one rule of etiquette before the Deity from this purport and review it before your next temple visit.
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