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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.45
আমারেহ কভু যেই না হয় প্রসাদ ।
তোমার চরণে আমি কি কৈনু অপরাধ ॥ ৪৫ ॥
āmāreha kabhu yei nā haya prasāda
tomāra caraṇe āmi ki kainu aparādha
“The favor You have shown Kamalākānta is so great that even to Me You have never shown such favor. What offense have I committed at Your lotus feet so as not to be shown such favor?”
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Advaita Ācārya described the favor shown to Kamalākānta as greater than any shown to Himself. He asked what offense had kept Him from receiving such favor.
Previously, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had beaten Advaita Ācārya while He was reading Yoga-vāśiṣṭha. The Lord had not, however, forbidden Him to come into His presence.
Kamalākānta had been ordered not to come into the Lord’s presence. Advaita Ācārya therefore presented Kamalākānta’s punishment as the greater favor.
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Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 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:
This chapter also includes narrations concerning the son of Advaita Ācārya named Gopāla Miśra and Advaita Ācārya’s servant named Kamalākānta Viśvāsa. In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favor”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What surprises me about Advaita Ācārya’s way of speaking about the Lord’s punishment?
Write one sentence explaining why Advaita Ācārya called Kamalākānta’s punishment greater favor.
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