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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.175
গৌড়িয়া — ‘বাটপাড়’ নহে, তুমি — ‘বাটপাড়’ ।
তীর্থবাসী লুঠ’, আর চাহ’ মারিবার ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
gauḍiyā — ‘bāṭapāḍa’ nahe, tumi — ‘bāṭapāḍa’
tīrtha-vāsī luṭha’, āra cāha’ māribāra
“The Bengali pilgrims are not rogues. You are rogues, for you want to kill the pilgrims and plunder them.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker firmly declares that the Bengali pilgrims are not rogues.
He turns the accusation back on those threatening the pilgrims.
He identifies their desire to kill and plunder the pilgrims as the reason for calling them rogues.
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:
However, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regained His senses, His associates were released. He talked with a person who was supposed to be a holy man in the party.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I ready to speak clearly when someone is falsely accused?
If you hear an unfair accusation today, calmly state what you know to be true.
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