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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.246
ভোজন দেখিতে চাহে, আসিতে না পারে ।
লাঠি-হাতে ভট্টাচার্য আছেন দুয়ারে ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
bhojana dekhite cāhe, āsite nā pāre
lāṭhi-hāte bhaṭṭācārya āchena duyāre
Amogha wanted to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eat, but he was not allowed to enter. Indeed, the Bhaṭṭācārya guarded the threshold of his house with a stick in his hand.
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Amogha wanted to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu eat.
He was not allowed to enter.
The Bhaṭṭācārya guarded the threshold of his house with a stick in his hand.
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:
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).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I help keep a time of service free from interruptions?
During a meal you help serve today, quietly prevent one unnecessary interruption.
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