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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.92
শুনিয়া প্রভুর বাণী মনে বিচারয় ।
প্রভু-সনে অতি হঠ কভু ভাল নয় ॥ ৯২ ॥
śuniyā prabhura vāṇī mane vicāraya
prabhu-sane ati haṭha kabhu bhāla naya
When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Rāmānanda Rāya heard these words, they began to consider that it was not at all good that they had played so many tricks on the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Rāmānanda Rāya listened to the Lord’s words.
They began to reconsider their own conduct toward Him.
They recognized that it was not at all good to have played so many tricks on the Lord.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions. In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year.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.
Am I willing to recognize when my way of influencing someone has been wrong?
Reflect on one recent interaction and honestly acknowledge any attempt to manipulate the other person.
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