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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.54
যদ্যপি প্রতাপরুদ্র — সর্বগুণবান্ ।
তাঁহারে মলিন কৈল এক ‘রাজা’-নাম ॥ ৫৪ ॥
yadyapi pratāparudra — sarva-guṇavān
tāṅhāre malina kaila eka ‘rājā’-nāma
“The King certainly possesses all good qualities, but simply by taking up the name ‘king,’ he has infected everything.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord acknowledges that the King possesses all good qualities.
Yet He says that taking up the name “king” has infected everything.
His stated objection concerns the King’s title, despite His recognition of the King’s good qualities.
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:
The next day, when Rāmānanda Rāya again entreated Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to see the King, the Lord, denying the request, asked Rāmānanda Rāya to bring the King’s son before Him. The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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How does the Lord distinguish the King’s good qualities from the difficulty of his title?
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