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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.40
তানহং দ্বিষতঃ ক্রূরান্ সংসারেষু নরাধমান্ ।
ক্ষিপাম্যজস্রমশুভানাসুরীষ্বেব যোনিষু ॥ ৪০ ॥
tān ahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrān
saṁsāreṣu narādhamān
kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān
āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu
“ ‘Those who are envious of My form, who are cruel and mischievous and the lowest among men, are perpetually cast by Me into hellish existence in various demoniac species of life.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord describes those who are envious of His form as cruel, mischievous and the lowest among men.
He states that He perpetually casts them into hellish existence in various demoniac species of life.
The verse gives a grave warning about envy of the Lord’s form and cruel, mischievous conduct.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 25.40 quotesBG 16.19
This is also a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (16.19).
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
By and by, one of the disciples of the great sannyāsī Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī became devoted to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this devotee explained Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and supported His views with various arguments. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lowest”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What attitude in me needs to change from envy or disrespect toward the Lord’s form?
Take a quiet moment to examine your attitude toward the Lord’s form and deliberately set aside any dismissive thought.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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