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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.172
পাঠান কহে, — তুমি পশ্চিমা মাথুর দুইজন ।
‘গৌড়িয়া’ ঠক্ এই কাঁপে দুইজন ॥ ১৭২ ॥
pāṭhāna kahe, — tumi paścimā māthura dui-jana
‘gauḍiyā’ ṭhak ei kāṅpe dui-jana
The Pāṭhāna soldiers said, “You are all rogues. One of you belongs to the western lands, one to the district of Mathurā, and the other two, who are trembling, belong to Bengal.”
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The Pāṭhāna soldiers call everyone in the group rogues.
They identify one person as belonging to the western lands and another to the district of Mathurā.
They describe the other two as belonging to Bengal and note that they are trembling.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Some Pāṭhāna soldiers who were passing through saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord’s associates, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and others, had killed the Lord with a poison named dhuturā and were taking His wealth. Thus the soldiers arrested them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Could someone's trembling lead me to make an unfair assumption about them?
If someone seems afraid today, notice their fear without immediately judging their character.
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