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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.100
তবে তাঁরে কহে প্রভু চাপড় মারিয়া ।
“মূর্খের বাক্যে ‘মূর্খ’ হৈলা পণ্ডিত হঞা ॥ ১০০ ॥
tabe tāṅre kahe prabhu cāpaḍa māriyā
“mūrkhera vākye ‘mūrkha’ hailā paṇḍita hañā
When Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya asked to see Kṛṣṇa at Kālīya-daha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mercifully slapped him, saying, “You are a learned scholar, but you have become a fool, being influenced by the statements of other fools.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Māyā is so strong that even Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, who constantly stayed with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was influenced by foolish statements.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the original spiritual master, would not allow His servant to fall into such foolishness.
The Lord chastised Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya to bring him to a real sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra. While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “mercifully”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to accept correction when others' words have misled me?
Recall one correction you have received and calmly consider whether it revealed a mistaken assumption.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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