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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.196
এইমত দুইজনে করে বলাবলি ।
ব্যাজ-স্তুতি করে দুঁহে, যেন গালাগালি ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
ei-mata dui-jane kare balābali
vyāja-stuti kare duṅhe, yena gālāgāli
Thus They both went on talking and praising one another, although Their praise appeared negative, for it appeared as if They exchanged ill names.
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The two continued talking with one another.
Their words appeared negative, as though They were exchanging ill names.
Yet Their conversation was actually mutual praise.
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:
After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.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.
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In this verse: “conversation”
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What does this exchange teach you about the difference between appearance and intention?
Pause while reading this exchange and recall that its apparently negative words are praise.
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