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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.262
কিম্বা নিজ-প্রাণ যদি করি বিমোচন ।
দুই যোগ্য নহে, দুই শরীর ব্রাহ্মণ ॥ ২৬২ ॥
kimvā nija-prāṇa yadi kari vimocana
dui yogya nahe, dui śarīra brāhmaṇa
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “Or, if I give up my own life, this sinful action may be atoned. However, neither of these ideas is befitting because both bodies belong to brāhmaṇas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya also considered whether giving up his own life might atone for the sinful action.
He rejected both taking the other man's life and giving up his own as unbefitting.
His stated reason was that both bodies belonged to brāhmaṇas.
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.
What can I learn from his recognition that neither destructive idea was befitting?
If distress brings an impulsive response today, pause rather than act on it.
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