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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.84
আয়ুঃ শ্রিয়ং যশো ধর্মং লোকানাশিষ এব চ ।
হন্তি শ্রেয়াংসি সর্বাণি পুংসো মহদতিক্রমঃ ॥ ৮৪ ॥
āyuḥ śriyaṁ yaśo dharmaṁ
lokān āśiṣa eva ca
hanti śreyāṁsi sarvāṇi
puṁso mahad-atikramaḥ
“ ‘When a person mistreats great souls, his life span, opulence, reputation, religion, possessions and good fortune are all destroyed.’
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Mistreating great souls destroys a person’s life span, opulence and reputation.
The verse also warns that religion, possessions and good fortune are destroyed.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī spoke this warning to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
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 25.84 quotesSB 10.4.46
This statement (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.4.46) was made by Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
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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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might this warning help you become more careful in speaking about great souls?
Before making a comment about a great soul today, pause and remove any disrespectful wording.
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