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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.19
তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে ঐশ্বর্য দেখাইল ।
‘কারেহ না কহিবে’ এই নিষেধ করিল ॥ ১৯ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre aiśvarya dekhāila
‘kāreha nā kahibe’ ei niṣedha karila
At that time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed some of His divine opulences to the King, and He forbade him to disclose this to anyone.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed some of His divine opulences.
The King was the recipient of this revelation.
The Lord forbade the King to disclose it to anyone.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to honor an instruction to keep something private?
Today, refrain from repeating something you have been asked to keep private.
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