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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.160
উল্লাস–উপরি লেখোঁ তোমার প্রসাদ ।
নিত্যানন্দ প্রভু, মোর ক্ষম অপরাধ ॥ ১৬০ ॥
ullāsa-upari lekhoṅ tomāra prasāda
nityānanda prabhu, mora kṣama aparādha
O Lord Nityānanda, I write of Your mercy out of great exultation. Please forgive me for my offenses.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author addresses Lord Nityānanda directly.
He writes of the Lord’s mercy out of great exultation.
Alongside this joy, he asks Lord Nityānanda to forgive his offenses.
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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can gratitude and a sincere request for forgiveness come together in your prayers?
Offer Lord Nityānanda a brief prayer of gratitude for His mercy and ask forgiveness for your offenses.
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