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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.47
‘দ্বারে এক ‘বৈষ্ণব’ হয়, বোলাহ তাঁহারে’ ।
চন্দ্রশেখর দেখে — ‘বৈষ্ণব’ নাহিক দ্বারে ॥ ৪৭ ॥
‘dvāre eka ‘vaiṣṇava’ haya, bolāha tāṅhāre’
candraśekhara dekhe — ‘vaiṣṇava’ nāhika dvāre
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “There is a devotee at your door. Please call him in.” Going outside, Candraśekhara could not see a Vaiṣṇava at his door.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Candraśekhara that a devotee was at his door.
He asked Candraśekhara to call the devotee inside.
Candraśekhara went outside but could not see a Vaiṣṇava there.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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 Sanātana Gosvāmī finally arrived at Vārāṇasī and stood before the door of Candraśekhara. Caitanya Mahāprabhu called him in and ordered him to change his dress so that he would look like a gentleman.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the difference between the Lord’s recognition and Candraśekhara’s perception?
Pause before deciding what someone’s outward appearance tells you about their devotion.
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