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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Madhya 6.114 Madhya 6.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.115

মুকুন্দ-সহিত কহে ভট্টাচার্যের কথা ।

ভট্টাচার্যের নিন্দা করে, মনে পাঞা ব্যথা ॥ ১১৫ ॥

mukunda-sahita kahe bhaṭṭācāryera kathā

bhaṭṭācāryera nindā kare, mane pāñā vyathā

Translation

The Bhaṭṭācārya’s statements were discussed before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Gopīnātha Ācārya and Mukunda Datta disapproved of the Bhaṭṭācārya’s statements because they caused mental pain.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognizing the Pain Words Can Cause

1
The Bhaṭṭācārya’s statements were discussed before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
Gopīnātha Ācārya and Mukunda Datta disapproved of those statements.
3
Their disapproval arose because the statements caused mental pain.

How it feels

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

mukunda-sahitaalong with Mukunda
kahedescribes
bhaṭṭācāryera kathāall the words of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
bhaṭṭācāryeraof Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
nindādefamation
karedoes
manein the mind
pāñāgetting
vyathāsome pain

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discussed”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I notice when words cause mental pain?

Practice

Before making a critical remark today, pause to consider the pain it might cause.

Live this todayRecognizing the Pain Words Can CauseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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