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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.338
পুরশ্চরণ-বিধি, কৃষ্ণপ্রসাদ-ভোজন ।
অনিবেদিত-ত্যাগ, বৈষ্ণবনিন্দাদি-বর্জন ॥ ৩৩৮ ॥
puraścaraṇa-vidhi, kṛṣṇa-prasāda-bhojana
anivedita-tyāga, vaiṣṇava-nindādi-varjana
“Other items you should describe are the method of performing puraścaraṇa, taking kṛṣṇa-prasādam, giving up unoffered food and not blaspheming the Lord’s devotees.
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The method of performing puraścaraṇa should be described.
Taking kṛṣṇa-prasādam and giving up unoffered food are both included in these instructions.
One should not blaspheme the Lord’s devotees. The purport directs attention to further discussion of vaiṣṇava-nindā.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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In this verse: “discussion”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do you guard your speech about the Lord’s devotees?
Today, refrain from making a disparaging remark about a devotee.
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