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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.129
পুনঃ আসি’ প্রভু পায় করিল বিনয় ।
‘অজ্ঞ-অপরাধ’ ক্ষমা করিতে যুয়ায় ॥ ১২৯ ॥
punaḥ āsi’ prabhu pāya karila vinaya
‘ajña-aparādha’ kṣamā karite yuyāya
After Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī returned within the temple, he requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to excuse that innocent person.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī returned within the temple.
He requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to excuse the person.
The translation describes the person as innocent.
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:
After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.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.
How can I gently speak on behalf of someone who is innocent?
Before judging someone today, pause to consider whether they may be innocent.
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