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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.264
ষাঠীরে কহ — তারে ছাড়ুক, সে হইল ‘পতিত’ ।
‘পতিত’ হইলে ভর্তা ত্যজিতে উচিত ॥ ২৬৪ ॥
ṣāṭhīre kaha — tāre chāḍuka, se ha-ila ‘patita’
‘patita’ ha-ile bhartā tyajite ucita
“Inform my daughter Ṣāṭhī to abandon her relationship with her husband because he has fallen down. When the husband falls down, it is the wife’s duty to relinquish the relationship.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya asked that Ṣāṭhī be told to relinquish her relationship with her husband because he had fallen down.
The purport explains that killing Amogha would bring sinful reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. Giving up his own life was also unacceptable because the Bhaṭṭācārya was a brāhmaṇa.
Rejecting both courses, the Bhaṭṭācārya decided to give up his relationship with Amogha and never see his face.
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.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the purport explain why the Bhaṭṭācārya chose separation rather than taking life?
Write one sentence identifying the two courses he rejected and the course he chose.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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