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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.192
জন্মকুলশীলাচার না জানি যাহার ।
তার সঙ্গে এক পংক্তি — বড় অনাচার ॥ ১৯২ ॥
janma-kula-śīlācāra nā jāni yāhāra
tāra saṅge eka paṅkti — baḍa anācāra
“It is not proper for householders to dine with those whose previous birth, family, character and behavior are unknown.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The statement concerns proper dining conduct for householders.
It says householders should not dine with people whose previous birth and family are unknown.
It also includes unknown character and behavior among the reasons given.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which aspects of a dining companion does this statement ask householders to know?
List the four aspects mentioned in the translation, keeping your note close to its wording.
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