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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.230
আমিহ সন্ন্যাসী দেখ, তুমিহ সন্ন্যাসী ।
মোরে দুঃখ দেহ, — তোমার ‘ন্যায়’ নাহি বাসি’ ॥ ২৩০ ॥
āmiha sannyāsī dekha, tumiha sannyāsī
more duḥkha deha, — tomāra ’nyāya’ nāhi vāsi
“I am in the renounced order of life, and so are you. Yet you are purposefully giving Me pain, and I do not see any good logic in this.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord stated that He was in the renounced order of life.
He pointed out that the Bhaṭṭathāris were also in the renounced order.
Yet they were purposefully giving Him pain, and He saw no good logic in their conduct.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
At the village of Uḍupī He saw the Gopāla Deity installed by Śrī Madhvācārya. He then defeated the Tattvavādīs in śāstric conversation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do my actions toward others agree with the values I profess?
Refrain today from one word or action intended to cause someone pain.
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