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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.5
দৈবে সার্বভৌম তাঁহাকে করে দরশন ।
পড়িছা মারিতে তেঁহো কৈল নিবারণ ॥ ৫ ॥
daive sārvabhauma tāṅhāke kare daraśana
paḍichā mārite teṅho kaila nivāraṇa
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya happened to see Him. When the watchman threatened to beat the Lord, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya immediately forbade him.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya happened to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He fell down.
The watchman threatened to beat the Lord.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya immediately forbade the watchman from doing so.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the temple of Jagannātha, He immediately fainted. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then took Him to his home.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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What can you learn from Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s immediate response to threatened harm?
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