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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.79
জগন্নাথ পরেন তথা ‘মাড়ুয়া’ বসন ।
দেখিয়া সঘৃণ হৈল বিদ্যানিধির মন ॥ ৭৯ ॥
jagannātha parena tathā ‘māḍuyā’ vasana
dekhiyā saghṛṇa haila vidyānidhira mana
When Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi saw that Lord Jagannātha was given a starched garment, he became a little hateful. In this way his mind was polluted.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi saw Lord Jagannātha dressed in a starched garment.
Seeing this, he became a little hateful.
The verse states that his mind was polluted in this way.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does even a little hatred affect my state of mind?
Notice any hateful reaction today and pause rather than dwell on it.
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