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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.195
হেন তোমার সঙ্গে মোর একত্রে ভোজন ।
না জানি, তোমার সঙ্গে কৈছে হয় মন ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
hena tomāra saṅge mora ekatre bhojana
nā jāni, tomāra saṅge kaiche haya mana
Nityānanda Prabhu continued, “You are such a monist! And now I am eating beside You. I do not know how My mind will be affected in this way.”
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Nityānanda Prabhu speaks of eating beside a monist and questions how this association will affect His mind.
One develops one’s consciousness according to society and association.
A devotee should be very careful when associating with those who are not devotees.
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The purport of CC Madhya 12.195 quotesBG 2.62
Saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ. One develops his consciousness according to society and association.
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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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In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the company you keep affect your consciousness?
Today, notice how one conversation affects your mind and your interest in devotion.
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