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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.262
প্রভু কহে, ‘মুক্তিপদে’ — ইহা পাঠ হয় ।
‘ভক্তিপদে’ কেনে পড়, কি তোমার আশয় ॥ ২৬২ ॥
prabhu kahe, ‘mukti-pade’ — ihā pāṭha haya
‘bhakti-pade’ kene paḍa, ki tomāra āśaya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately pointed out, “In that verse the word is ‘mukti-pade,’ but you have changed it to ‘bhakti-pade.’ What is your intention?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately pointed out the change.
He stated that the verse says mukti-pade, not bhakti-pade.
He asked Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya what his intention was.
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:
On another day, the Bhaṭṭācārya wanted to change the reading of the tat te ’nukampām verse because he did not like the word mukti-pada. He wanted to substitute the word bhakti-pada.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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