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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.24
তবে ক্রুদ্ধ হঞা রাজা কহে আরবার ।
তোমার ‘বড় ভাই’ করে দস্যুব্যবহার ॥ ২৪ ॥
tabe kruddha hañā rājā kahe āra-bāra
tomāra ‘baḍa bhāi’ kare dasyu-vyavahāra
Becoming angry with Sanātana Gosvāmī, the Nawab said, “Your elder brother is acting just like a plunderer.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Nawab became angry with Sanātana Gosvāmī.
In his anger, he spoke about Sanātana Gosvāmī's elder brother.
He accused the elder brother of acting just like a plunderer.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa. There he divided this money among the brāhmaṇas, Vaiṣṇavas and his relatives, and a portion he kept for emergency measures and personal needs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does anger affect the words you use about other people?
If anger arises today, pause before making an accusation about someone.
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