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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.257
প্রভু কহে, — নিন্দা নহে, ‘সহজ’ কহিল ।
ইহাতে তোমার কিবা অপরাধ হৈল ? ২৫৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — nindā nahe, ‘sahaja’ kahila
ihāte tomāra kibā aparādha haila?
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “What Amogha has said is correct; therefore it is not blasphemy. What is your offense?”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that what Amogha had said was correct.
He therefore did not regard Amogha’s words as blasphemy.
By asking, “What is your offense?” He questioned the Bhaṭṭācārya’s reason for blaming himself.
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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How does the Lord’s reply differ from the Bhaṭṭācārya’s severe judgment of himself?
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