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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.146
প্রতিষ্ঠার স্বভাব এই জগতে বিদিত ।
যে না বাঞ্ছে, তার হয় বিধাতা-নির্মিত ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
pratiṣṭhāra svabhāva ei jagate vidita
ye nā vāñche, tāra haya vidhātā-nirmita
Even though one may not like it, reputation, as ordained by providence, comes to him. Indeed, one’s transcendental reputation is known throughout the entire world.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Reputation may come even when a person does not like it.
Such reputation comes as ordained by providence, rather than simply by personal desire.
One’s transcendental reputation can become known throughout the entire world.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
Since then, the Gopīnātha Deity has been known as Kṣīra-corā-gopīnātha, the Deity who stole the pot of condensed milk. After reaching Jagannātha Purī, Mādhavendra Purī received permission from the King to take out one maund of sandalwood and twenty tolas of camphor.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would I respond to recognition that I had not sought?
If someone praises you today, pause and remember that reputation can come without being sought.
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