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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.117
আমার সন্ন্যাস-ধর্ম চাহেন রাখিতে ।
বাৎসল্যে করুণা করেন, কি দোষ ইহাতে ॥ ১১৭ ॥
āmāra sannyāsa-dharma cāhena rākhite
vātsalye karuṇā karena, ki doṣa ihāte
“Out of paternal affection for Me, he wants to protect Me and see that I follow the regulative principles of a sannyāsī. What fault is there in this?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described the concern for Him as paternal affection.
That concern was meant to protect Him and help Him follow the regulative principles of a sannyāsī.
He asked what fault there was in such care.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit. When Sārvabhauma met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he asked Him to hear Vedānta philosophy from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When someone guides me, do I consider whether their concern comes from affection?
Recall one piece of guidance you received and identify the protective concern behind it.
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