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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.188
অদ্বৈত-নিত্যানন্দ বসিয়াছেন এক ঠাঞি ।
দুইজনে ক্রীড়া-কলহ লাগিল তথাই ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
advaita-nityānanda vasiyāchena eka ṭhāñi
dui-jane krīḍā-kalaha lāgila tathāi
Śrī Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu sat side by side, and when prasādam was being distributed They engaged in a type of mock fighting.
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Śrī Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu sat side by side.
Prasādam was being distributed as They sat together.
They engaged in mock fighting, rather than an actual quarrel.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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How does the word “mock” shape my understanding of Their exchange?
Reread the translation today, noting that the fighting was playful rather than actual.
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