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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.56
তেরছে পড়িল থালি, — মাথা কাটি’ গেল ।
মূর্চ্ছিত হঞা আচার্য ভূমিতে পড়িল ॥ ৫৬ ॥
terache paḍila thāli, — māthā kāṭi’ gela
mūrcchita hañā ācārya bhūmite paḍila
The plate was made of metal, and when its edge hit the head of the teacher, it cut him, and the teacher immediately fell to the ground unconscious.
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The plate was made of metal.
Its edge struck the teacher’s head and cut him.
The teacher immediately fell to the ground unconscious.
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 Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī. From there He went to Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī and later arrived at southern Mathurā.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.
How does the teacher’s sudden injury remind me of physical vulnerability?
Pause for a moment to reflect on the seriousness of the teacher’s injury.
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