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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.287
প্রভু কহে, — অমোঘ শিশু, কিবা তার দোষ ।
কেনে উপবাস কর, কেনে কর রোষ ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — amogha śiśu, kibā tāra doṣa
kene upavāsa kara, kene kara roṣa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu pacified Sārvabhauma, saying, “After all, Amogha, your son-in-law, is a child. So what is his fault? Why are you fasting, and why are you angry?
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu speaks to pacify Sārvabhauma.
He describes Amogha, Sārvabhauma’s son-in-law, as a child and asks what his fault is.
He questions why Sārvabhauma is fasting and why he is angry.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Could seeing someone’s immaturity with patience help soften my anger?
Before speaking to someone who has upset you, pause and consider their immaturity with patience.
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