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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.1
শ্রীচৈতন্যপ্রভুং বন্দে বালোঽপি যদনুগ্রহাৎ ।
তরেন্নানামতগ্রাহব্যাপ্তং সিদ্ধান্তসাগরম্ ॥ ১ ॥
śrī-caitanya-prabhuṁ vande
bālo ’pi yad-anugrahāt
taren nānā-mata-grāha-
vyāptaṁ siddhānta-sāgaram
I offer my obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even an ignorant child can swim across the ocean of conclusions about the ultimate truth, which is full of the crocodiles of various theories.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, even an inexperienced child without education can cross the ocean of ignorance.
Various philosophical doctrines are compared to dangerous creatures in that ocean. His grace enables one to avoid sectarian views and understand the essence of knowledge.
Real understanding means accepting the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa as the ultimate goal of life. We are invited to worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His mercy to conditioned souls.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
Mahā-Viṣṇu is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, but, as confirmed in the authoritative scriptures, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate fountainhead, the source of numerous plenary expansions, including Nārāyaṇa, who is generally accepted by Māyāvādī philosophers to be the Absolute Truth. The Lord’s manifestation of prābhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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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”, “grace”
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.
How can I approach spiritual understanding with greater dependence on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy?
Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for mercy to accept Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet as your goal.
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