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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.22
কভু যদি ইঁহার বাক্য করিয়ে অন্যথা ।
ক্রোধে তিন দিন মোরে নাহি কহে কথা ॥ ২২ ॥
kabhu yadi iṅhāra vākya kariye anyathā
krodhe tina dina more nāhi kahe kathā
“If I sometimes do something against his desire, out of anger he will not talk to Me for three days.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that He sometimes acts against the other person’s desire.
The response He describes is anger.
That anger leads the person to stop speaking to Him for three days.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order of life in the month of Māgha (January-February) and went to Jagannātha Purī in the month of Phālguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I withdraw communication when someone does not follow my wishes?
If a small disagreement arises today, express your concern calmly rather than refusing to speak.
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