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  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
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  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 15.244Madhya 15.246

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.245

হেনকালে ‘অমোঘ’ — ভট্টাচার্যের জামাতা ।

কুলীন, নিন্দক তেঁহো ষাঠি-কন্যার ভর্তা ॥ ২৪৫ ॥

hena-kāle ‘amogha,’ — bhaṭṭācāryera jāmātā

kulīna, nindaka teṅho ṣāṭhī-kanyāra bhartā

Translation

At this time the Bhaṭṭācārya had a son-in-law named Amogha, who was the husband of his daughter Ṣāṭhī. Although born in an aristocratic brāhmaṇa family, Amogha was a great faultfinder and blasphemer.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Lives touched by mercyAmogha · step 1, Condition: Habitual faultfinding
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

High Birth Does Not Prevent Faultfinding

  1. 1

    Amogha was the Bhaṭṭācārya’s son-in-law, the husband of his daughter Ṣāṭhī.

  2. 2

    He was born in an aristocratic brāhmaṇa family.

  3. 3

    Despite this birth, he was a great faultfinder and blasphemer.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Thereafter, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was accepting prasādam at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Sārvabhauma’s son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms. The following morning, he was attacked by the disease of visūcikā (cholera).
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hena-kāleexactly at this time
  2. amoghaAmogha
  3. bhaṭṭācāryera jāmātāthe son-in-law of the Bhaṭṭācārya
  4. kulīnaof aristocratic birth
  5. nindakablasphemer
  6. teṅhohe
  7. ṣāṭhī-kanyāra bhartāthe husband of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s daughter Ṣāṭhī
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I give more importance to social standing than to the way someone speaks and behaves?

Practice

Notice one faultfinding remark you are tempted to make today, and leave it unsaid.

Live this todayHigh Birth Does Not Prevent FaultfindingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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