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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.191
“নান্নদোষেণ মস্করী” — এই শাস্ত্র-প্রমাণ।
আমি ত’ গৃহস্থ-ব্রাহ্মণ, আমার দোষ-স্থান ॥ ১৯১ ॥
‘‘nānna-doṣeṇa maskarī’’ — ei śāstra-pramāṇa
āmi ta’ gṛhastha-brāhmaṇa, āmāra doṣa-sthāna
“According to the śāstras, there is no discrepancy in a sannyāsī’s eating at another’s house. But for a householder brāhmaṇa, this kind of eating is faulty.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The statement appeals to the śāstras as its authority.
According to the śāstras, there is no discrepancy in a sannyāsī’s eating at another’s house.
For a householder brāhmaṇa, this kind of eating is described as faulty.
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:
Advaita Prabhu said that Nityānanda Prabhu was unknown to anyone and that it was not the duty of a householder brāhmaṇa to accept dinner with a person unknown in society. 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.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 this verse distinguish the standards for a sannyāsī and a householder brāhmaṇa?
Make a two-line note recording the eating standard stated for each position.
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