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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.189
সার্বভৌম কহে, — ভিক্ষা করহ বিশ দিন ।
প্রভু কহে, — এহ নহে যতিধর্ম-চিহ্ন ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
sārvabhauma kahe, — bhikṣā karaha biśa dina
prabhu kahe, — eha nahe yati-dharma-cihna
Sārvabhauma then said, “Please accept the invitation for twenty days.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma requested that the Lord accept lunch for twenty days.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not accept this request.
He explained that such an arrangement was not a religious principle of the renounced order.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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 also instructed the Vaiṣṇavas from Khaṇḍa, as well as Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Vidyā-vācaspati, and He praised Murāri Gupta for his firm faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do you respond when someone's religious principles limit what they can accept?
Before renewing a declined request today, consider the reason the person gave.
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