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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.60
আর কেহ সঙ্গে নাহি, এই সঙ্গে একল ।
ধুতুরা খাওয়াঞা বাপে করিল পাগল ॥ ৬০ ॥
āra keha saṅge nāhi, ei saṅge ekala
dhuturā khāoyāñā bāpe karila pāgala
“There was no one besides this man with my father. Giving him an intoxicant known as dhuturā to eat, this rogue made my father mad.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The son says that no one besides this man was with his father.
He accuses the man of giving his father an intoxicant known as dhuturā to eat.
He claims that this made his father mad.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 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:
Because of this, the younger brāhmaṇa returned to Vṛndāvana and narrated the whole story to Gopālajī. Thus Gopālajī, being obliged by the young man’s devotional service, accompanied him to southern India.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.
How do I respond when someone makes a serious accusation against another person?
Today, pause before repeating a serious accusation, and distinguish what was alleged from what you personally know.
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