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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.5
চৈতন্য–মালীর কৃপাজলের সেচনে ।
সেই জলে পুষ্ট স্কন্ধ বাড়ে দিনে দিনে ॥ ৫ ॥
caitanya-mālīra kṛpā-jalera secane
sei jale puṣṭa skandha bāḍe dine dine
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was also the gardener, and as He poured the water of His mercy on the tree, all the branches and subbranches grew, day after day.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was also the gardener of the tree.
He watered the tree by pouring His mercy upon it.
With this watering, all the branches and subbranches grew day after day.
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:
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. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branches”
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Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of watering help me reflect on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy?
Spend a quiet minute remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the gardener pouring His mercy on the tree.
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