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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.121
‘বেদান্ত’ শ্রবণ কর, না যাইহ তাঁর পাশ ।
উচ্ছৃঙ্খল-লোক-সঙ্গে দুইলোক-নাশ ॥” ১২১ ॥
‘vedānta’ śravaṇa kara, nā yāiha tāṅra pāśa
ucchṛṅkhala-loka-saṅge dui-loka-nāśa”
“Do not go to see Caitanya. Just continue hearing Vedānta. If you associate with upstarts, you will be lost in this world and in the next.”
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The speaker told his listener not to see Caitanya and to continue hearing Vedānta.
He warned that association with those he called upstarts would bring loss in this world and the next. This warning was part of his criticism.
The purport highlights the word ucchṛṅkhala, meaning “whimsical,” as significant.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 17.121 quotesBG 16.23
In the Bhagavad-gītā (16.23), Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself says:
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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:
In reply, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that they were offenders and that one should not associate with them. In this way the Lord bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “associate”, “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I recognize when advice includes a dismissive judgment about someone?
Reread the advice and identify the label used to discourage association with Caitanya.
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