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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.183
শুনি’ ভট্টাচার্য হৈল পরম বিস্মিত ।
মুখে না নিঃসরে বাণী, হইলা স্তম্ভিত ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
śuni’ bhaṭṭācārya haila parama vismita
mukhe nā niḥsare vāṇī, ha-ilā stambhita
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya became very much astonished upon hearing this. He became stunned and said nothing.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya heard what had been said.
He became very much astonished and stunned.
He said nothing; the translation records no spoken response from him.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
There was much discussion on this issue between Sārvabhauma and Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but despite all his endeavors, the Bhaṭṭācārya was defeated in the end. At the request of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then explained the ātmārāma verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in eighteen different ways.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.
How do I respond when a teaching leaves me astonished?
After reading today, pause silently for a moment before forming a response.
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