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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.250
এত বলি’ দিল তাঁরে ছিণ্ডা পট্টডোরী ।
ইহা দেখি’ করিবে ডোরী অতি দৃঢ় করি’ ॥ ২৫০ ॥
eta bali’ dila tāṅre chiṇḍā paṭṭa-ḍorī
ihā dekhi’ karibe ḍorī ati dṛḍha kari’
After telling them this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed them the broken silken ropes, saying, “Just look at this sample. You must make ropes that are much stronger.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed the devotees the broken silken ropes.
He asked them to look at the broken ropes as a sample.
His instruction was clear: they must make ropes that were much stronger.
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:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.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.
How can I respond carefully when a needed improvement in my service is pointed out?
Check one item you use in service and identify whether it needs repair or strengthening.
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