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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.69
ক্রুদ্ধ হঞা স্কন্ধ তারে জল না সঞ্চারে ।
জলাভাবে কৃশ শাখা শুকাইয়া মরে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
kruddha hañā skandha tāre jala nā sañcāre
jalābhāve kṛśa śākhā śukāiyā mare
Thus Lord Caitanya did not sprinkle upon them the water of His mercy, and they gradually withered and died.
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Lord Caitanya did not sprinkle the water of His mercy upon these branches.
His mercy is described as water that nourishes the branches.
Without that water, the branches gradually withered and died.
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.
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: “mercy”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I recognize my dependence on Lord Caitanya’s mercy?
Offer a brief prayer to Lord Caitanya asking for His nourishing mercy.
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