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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.25
অন্যোন্যে লোকের মুখে যে কথা শুনিল ।
সার্বভৌম-গৃহে প্রভু, — অনুমান কৈল ॥ ২৫ ॥
anyonye lokera mukhe ye kathā śunila
sārvabhauma-gṛhe prabhu, — anumāna kaila
“From the talk of the people in general, we have guessed that the Lord is now at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speakers had heard people talking about the Lord's whereabouts.
From this talk, they guessed that He was at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
They described their conclusion as a guess, not as something they had seen themselves.
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:
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. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness.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 I pass on something I have heard, do I make clear what is still uncertain?
Today, when sharing uncertain information, clearly say that it is something you have heard rather than confirmed.
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