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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.36
মোর স্পর্শে না করিলে ঘৃণা, বেদভয় ।
মোর দর্শন তোমা বেদে নিষেধয় ॥ ৩৬ ॥
mora sparśe nā karile ghṛṇā, veda-bhaya
mora darśana tomā vede niṣedhaya
“You do not fear the Vedic injunctions stating that You should not associate with a śūdra. You were not contemptuous of my touch, although in the Vedas You are forbidden to associate with śūdras.
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The speaker notes Vedic injunctions against associating with a śūdra.
He observes that the Lord does not fear these restrictions in associating with him.
He gratefully recognizes that the Lord has shown no contempt for his touch.
The purport of CC Madhya 8.36 quotesBG 9.32
In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.32) the Lord says:
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Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “associate”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What moves you about the Lord’s refusal to treat the speaker with contempt?
Read the translation once slowly, pausing over the words “not contemptuous of my touch.”
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