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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.67
ভট্ট মিলিবারে যায়, দুঁহে পলায় দূরে ।
‘অস্পৃশ্য পামর মুঞি, না ছুঁইহ মোরে ॥’ ৬৭ ॥
bhaṭṭa milibāre yāya, duṅhe palāya dūre
‘aspṛśya pāmara muñi, nā chuṅiha more’
When Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya walked toward them, they ran away to a more distant place. Rūpa Gosvāmī said, “I am untouchable and most sinful. Please do not touch me.”
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya walked toward the brothers.
The brothers ran away to a more distant place.
Rūpa Gosvāmī called himself untouchable and most sinful, asking Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya not to touch him.
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.
What do Rūpa Gosvāmī’s words invite me to examine about my own pride?
In one conversation today, refrain from praising your own position or accomplishments.
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