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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.162
পাছে মোরে প্রসাদ গোবিন্দ দিবে বহির্দ্বারে ।
মন জানি’ প্রভু পুনঃ না বলিল তাঁরে ॥ ১৬২ ॥
pāche more prasāda govinda dibe bahirdvāre
mana jāni’ prabhu punaḥ nā balila tāṅre
“Govinda will give me prasādam later, outside the door.” Understanding his mind, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not call him again.
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He said that Govinda would give him prasādam later, outside the door.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu understood his mind.
Understanding his wish, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not call him again.
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 can I listen more carefully when someone expresses a preference?
Today, respect someone’s stated preference without repeatedly urging them to change it.
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