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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.190
প্রভু কহে, — এ ভাবনা না করিহ আর ।
পণ্ডিত হঞা কেনে না করহ বিচার ॥ ১৯০ ॥
prabhu kahe, — e bhāvanā nā kariha āra
paṇḍita hañā kene nā karaha vicāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Please do not think this way any longer. You are a learned paṇḍita. Why don’t you consider the case?”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the brāhmaṇa not to think this way any longer.
He addressed the brāhmaṇa as a learned paṇḍita.
He urged him to consider the case rather than remain in his distressed thinking.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord also collected the Brahma-saṁhitā, fifth chapter, on the banks of the Payasvinī River. He then visited Payasvinī, Śṛṅgavera-purī-maṭha and Matsya-tīrtha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I am upset, do I pause to consider the matter carefully?
Choose one troubling thought today and pause to examine it before accepting its conclusion.
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