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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
Madhya 15.299Madhya 15.301

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.300

ষাঠীর মাতার প্রেম, আর প্রভুর প্রসাদ ।

ভক্ত-সম্বন্ধে যাহা ক্ষমিল অপরাধ ॥ ৩০০ ॥

ṣāṭhīra mātāra prema, āra prabhura prasāda

bhakta-sambandhe yāhā kṣamila aparādha

Translation

Thus I have related the ecstatic love of Sārvabhauma’s wife, who is known as the mother of Ṣāṭhī. I have also related Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s great mercy, which He manifested by excusing Amogha’s offense. He did so due to Amogha’s relationship with a devotee.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mercy Through a Devotee’s Unflinching Love

  1. 1

    Amogha had blasphemed the Lord and was about to die of cholera. Yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu excused his offense because of his relationship with a devotee.

  2. 2

    Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and his wife, the mother of Ṣāṭhī, were very dear to the Lord. Amogha was saved by the Lord’s mercy because of Sārvabhauma’s unflinching love for Him.

  3. 3

    Amogha was Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s son-in-law and was maintained by him. His punishment would have directly affected Sārvabhauma, and his death would have indirectly brought about Sārvabhauma’s death.

Key points from the purport
  • Because of their relationship, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu excused Amogha.
  • All this was due to the unflinching love of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Amogha’s death would have indirectly brought about the death of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ṣāṭhīra mātāra premathe love of the mother of Ṣāṭhī
  2. āraand
  3. prabhura prasādathe mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. bhakta-sambandhebecause of a relationship with a devotee
  5. yāhāwhere
  6. kṣamila aparādhaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu excused the offense
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”, “love”

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s mercy toward Amogha show you about His affection for His devotees?

Practice

Today, reread the translation and pause to appreciate how the Lord honored Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s love.

Live this todayMercy Through a Devotee’s Unflinching LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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