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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.147
অনেক করিল, তবু না হয় চেতন ।
আচার্য কান্দেন, কান্দে সব ভক্তগণ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
aneka karila, tabu nā haya cetana
ācārya kāndena, kānde saba bhakta-gaṇa
When the boy did not regain consciousness after some time, Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees began to cry.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Some time passed, but the boy did not regain consciousness.
Advaita Ācārya began to cry.
The other devotees also cried when the boy remained unconscious.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the devotees’ crying help you reflect on concern for others?
Listen kindly to someone who is worried about another person.
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