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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.119
সার্বভৌম ভট্টাচার্য — পণ্ডিত প্রবল ।
শুনি’ চৈতন্যের সঙ্গে হইল পাগল ॥ ১১৯ ॥
sārvabhauma bhaṭṭācārya — paṇḍita prabala
śuni’ caitanyera saṅge ha-ila pāgala
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was a very learned scholar, but I have heard that he also has become a madman due to his association with this Caitanya.
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The speaker acknowledged Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya as a very learned scholar.
He said he had heard that Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had become a madman.
He blamed this supposed madness on association with Caitanya. His words expressed a dismissive judgment.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him. Seeing the behavior of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, a Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa informed Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “madness”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to repeat a harsh judgment simply because I have heard it?
Today, refrain from repeating one negative judgment based only on hearsay.
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