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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.281
এই ছার মুখে তোমার করিনু নিন্দনে ।
এত বলি’ আপন গালে চড়ায় আপনে ॥ ২৮১ ॥
ei chāra mukhe tomāra karinu nindane
eta bali’ āpana gāle caḍāya āpane
Not only did Amogha beg the Lord’s pardon, but he also began slapping his own cheeks, saying, “By this mouth I have blasphemed You.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Amogha begged the Lord’s pardon.
In his remorse, he also began slapping his own cheeks.
He openly acknowledged his offense, saying, “By this mouth I have blasphemed You.”
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.
How can you honestly acknowledge an offense in your speech?
Express remorse in words: ask forgiveness for something hurtful you have said, without harming yourself.
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