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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.213
ঐছে লীলা করে প্রভু শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।
‘পশ্চিমে’ আসিয়া কৈল যবনাদি ধন্য ॥ ২১৩ ॥
aiche līlā kare prabhu śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
‘paścime’ āsiyā kaila yavanādi dhanya
In this way Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His pastimes. Coming to the western part of India, He bestowed good fortune upon the yavanas and mlecchas.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed His pastimes in western India, bestowing good fortune upon the yavanas and mlecchas.
Yavana means “meat-eater” and includes anyone from a meat-eating community. A mleccha is one who does not strictly observe the Vedic regulative principles.
These words do not refer to any particular person. Even someone born in a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra family is a mleccha or yavana if that person does not strictly follow the regulative principles or eats meat.
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:
Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijulī Khān, surrendered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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How does this explanation challenge judging spiritual conduct by family birth alone?
Write down the meanings of yavana and mleccha, noting that family birth alone does not determine these descriptions.
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