Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 2.145
A Year Without a Sign of Mercy
“In this way a complete year passed for Junior Haridāsa, but still there was not a sign of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy toward him.”
What the purport teaches
- A complete year passed for Junior Haridāsa.
- Throughout that year, there was still no sign of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy toward him.
- The surrounding verses call the Lord an ocean of mercy, yet here His mercy was not visibly apparent to Haridāsa.
Try this today
Read this translation alongside the description of the Lord as an ocean of mercy, and note the contrast.
Ask yourself
How does this verse challenge my expectation that mercy must always be immediately visible?
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.