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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.261
চৈতন্য-গোসাঞির নিন্দা শুনিল যাহা হৈতে ।
তারে বধ কৈলে হয় পাপ-প্রায়শ্চিত্তে ॥ ২৬১ ॥
caitanya-gosāñira nindā śunila yāhā haite
tāre vadha kaile haya pāpa-prāyaścitte
“If the man who blasphemed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is killed, his sinful action may be atoned.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya considered whether killing the man who blasphemed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu might atone for his sinful action.
His statement treats blasphemy against Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as a serious sinful action.
The purport introduces a quotation cited in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa from the Skanda Purāṇa concerning blasphemy of a Vaiṣṇava.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I guard my speech about a Vaiṣṇava?
Review your words today and refrain from making a disparaging remark about a Vaiṣṇava.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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