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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 18.227
যেই তর্ক করে ইহাঁ, সেই — ‘মূর্খরাজ’ ।
আপনার মুণ্ডে সে আপনি পাড়ে বাজ ॥ ২২৭ ॥
yei tarka kare ihāṅ, sei — ‘mūrkha-rāja’
āpanāra muṇḍe se āpani pāḍe vāja
Whoever argues about this is a great fool. He intentionally and personally brings a thunderbolt down upon his head.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse strongly warns against arguing about this.
It calls whoever argues a great fool, emphasizing the seriousness of the warning.
The image of bringing a thunderbolt upon one's own head shows this harm as intentional and self-inflicted.
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:
The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas. After bathing in the Ganges at Soro, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Prayāga, at the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī.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.
When does my desire to argue get in the way of listening?
Today, pause before making an argumentative response and take a moment to listen instead.
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