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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.107
প্রাতে আসি’ প্রভুপদে লইল শরণ ।
প্রভু কৃপা কৈল, তাঁর খণ্ডিল বন্ধন ॥ ১০৭ ॥
prāte āsi’ prabhu-pade la-ila śaraṇa
prabhu kṛpā kaila, tāṅra khaṇḍila bandhana
The next morning the poet came to Lord Caitanya and surrendered unto His lotus feet. The Lord bestowed His mercy upon him and cut off all his bondage to material attachment.
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The next morning, the poet surrendered unto Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet. The Lord bestowed His mercy upon him.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advocated the same process taught by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa: surrender unto Him in all instances.
One who is favored by the Lord is freed from material bondage. The Lord cut off all the poet’s bondage to material attachment.
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The purport of CC Ādi 16.107 quotesBG 4.9
One who is favored by the Lord is freed from material bondage, as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.9): tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so’rjuna.
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Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 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 this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “surrendered”, “lotus feet”
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”, “favored”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which material attachment would you like to bring before the Lord in a prayer of surrender?
Offer a short prayer of surrender to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, asking for His mercy in loosening one material attachment.
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