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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.270
আয়ুঃ শ্রিয়ং যশো ধর্মং লোকানাশিষ এব চ ।
হন্তি শ্রেয়াংসি সর্বাণি পুংসো মহদতিক্রমঃ ॥ ২৭০ ॥
āyuḥ śriyaṁ yaśo dharmaṁ
lokān āśiṣa eva ca
hanti śreyāṁsi sarvāṇi
puṁso mahad-atikramaḥ
“ ‘When a person mistreats great souls, his life span, opulence, reputation, religion, possessions and good fortune are all destroyed.’
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Mistreating great souls destroys one’s life span, opulence, reputation, religion, possessions and good fortune.
Kaṁsa tried to kill Yogamāyā, but she slipped out of his hands and could not be killed. After she told him of Kṛṣṇa’s birth, he consulted his demoniac associates.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī spoke this statement to Mahārāja Parīkṣit in connection with that conspiracy. He points out that a demon can lose everything through nefarious activities.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 15.270 quotesSB 10.4.46
This statement (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.4.46) was made by Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
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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:
Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls. 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.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.
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In this verse: “associates”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How seriously do I take the warning against mistreating great souls?
Choose one concrete way to show respect to a great soul today, such as speaking of them without disparagement.
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