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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.46
পাষণ্ডী আইল যত পাণ্ডিত্য শুনিয়া ।
গর্ব করি’ আইল সঙ্গে শিষ্যগণ লঞা ॥ ৪৬ ॥
pāṣaṇḍī āila yata pāṇḍitya śuniyā
garva kari’ āila saṅge śiṣya-gaṇa lañā
When the nonbelievers heard of the erudition of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they came to Him with great pride, bringing their disciples with them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The nonbelievers heard of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s great learning.
They came to Him with great pride.
They brought their disciples with them.
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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.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.
When you meet someone learned, do you come ready to listen or eager to prove yourself?
Before one conversation today, pause and set aside the wish to display your knowledge.
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