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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.152
শুনি’ কিছু মহাপ্রভু দুঃখ প্রকাশিলা ।
ঈষৎ ক্রোধ করি’ কিছু কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৫২ ॥
śuni’ kichu mahāprabhu duḥkha prakāśilā
īṣat krodha kari’ kichu kahite lāgilā
After hearing the story about how His staff had been broken, the Lord expressed a little sadness and, displaying a bit of anger, began to speak as follows.
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Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu considered Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa useless. He therefore relieved the Lord of carrying the staff.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu displayed a little anger to teach sannyāsīs not to give up the staff before attaining the platform of paramahaṁsa.
Whatever great people do, others follow. The Lord wanted to follow Vedic principles strictly to protect inexperienced neophytes from imitating paramahaṁsas and slackening regulative principles.
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The purport of CC Madhya 5.152 quotesBG 3.21
It is said in the Bhagavad-gītā (3.21), yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ: Whatever great people do, others follow.
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Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After hearing this narration, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Gopāla in great ecstasy of love of God. From Kaṭaka He went to Bhuvaneśvara and saw the temple of Lord Śiva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where might I be tempted to imitate an advanced position rather than faithfully follow the principles appropriate for me?
Choose one regulative principle you already follow and observe it carefully today, without looking for a shortcut.
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