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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.85
“ভ্রষ্ট অবধূত তুমি, উদর ভরিতে ।
সন্ন্যাস লইয়াছ, বুঝি, ব্রাহ্মণ দণ্ডিতে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
bhraṣṭa avadhūta tumi, udara bharite
sannyāsa la-iyācha, bujhi, brāhmaṇa daṇḍite
Advaita Ācārya said, “You are a reject paramahaṁsa, and You have accepted the renounced order of life just to fill up Your belly. I can understand that Your business is to give trouble to brāhmaṇas.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The purport explains that smārta-brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇava gosvāmīs differ in opinion. Nityānanda Prabhu had nothing to do with the rules governing smārta-brāhmaṇas.
By calling Nityānanda Prabhu a rejected paramahaṁsa, Advaita Ācārya was in a sense accepting Him as a paramahaṁsa. Under the pretense of condemning Him, He was actually praising Him.
In the supermost avadhūta or paramahaṁsa stage, one may appear engaged in sense gratification but actually has nothing to do with it, and one's dress may vary. These words between Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu are jokes, not insults.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
Advaita Prabhu asked Him to take His bath in the Ganges and took Him to His (Advaita’s) house. There all the Navadvīpa devotees, along with mother Śacīdevī, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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Why is it important not to mistake this joking praise for an insult?
Reread the apparent accusation alongside the purport, and write one sentence explaining how it praises Nityānanda Prabhu.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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