Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 1.196
Extraordinary Expression Depends on Mercy
“Without Your mercy such poetic expressions would be impossible for an ordinary living being to write. My guess is that You have given him the power.”
What the purport teaches
- Such poetic expressions are described as impossible for an ordinary living being to write without mercy.
- The speaker credits Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with giving Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī the power to write them.
- The praise points beyond literary ability to the mercy that makes such expression possible.
Try this today
Before using one of your abilities today, offer a brief prayer for mercy to use it in service.
Ask yourself
How might recognizing mercy change the way you view your own abilities?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.