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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.260
ঘরে আসি’ ভট্টাচার্য ষাঠীর মাতা-সনে ।
আপনা নিন্দিয়া কিছু বলেন বচনে ॥ ২৬০ ॥
ghare āsi’ bhaṭṭācārya ṣāṭhīra mātā-sane
āpanā nindiyā kichu balena vacane
After returning to his home, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya consulted with his wife, the mother of Ṣāṭhī. After personally condemning himself, he began to speak as follows.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya returned to his home.
He consulted with his wife, the mother of Ṣāṭhī.
Before speaking further, he personally condemned 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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When troubled by an event, do I examine myself before speaking about others?
Before discussing a difficulty today, pause to consider your own part in it.
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