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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.158
আর এক শুন তাঁর কৃপার মহিমা ।
অধম জীবেরে চড়াইল ঊর্ধ্বসীমা ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
āra eka śuna tāṅra kṛpāra mahimā
adhama jīvere caḍhāila ūrdhva-sīmā
Please listen to another glory of His mercy. He made a fallen living entity climb to the highest limit.
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The author invites us to listen to another glory of mercy.
The recipient of this mercy is described as a fallen living entity.
By this mercy, that fallen living entity was made to climb to the highest limit.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
From Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu expands Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Supersoul of every living entity. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu also has His own Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe, where He lives as the Supersoul or supreme controller of the universe.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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”
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How does this description of mercy give you hope despite your shortcomings?
Read the translation aloud once, giving special attention to the words “made a fallen living entity climb.”
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