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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.207
এমন নির্ঘৃণ মোরে কেবা কৃপা করে ।
এক নিত্যানন্দ বিনু জগৎ ভিতরে ॥ ২০৭ ॥
emana nirghṛṇa more kebā kṛpā kare
eka nityānanda vinu jagat bhitare
Who in this world but Nityānanda could show His mercy to such an abominable person as me?
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The author describes himself as an abominable person.
He asks who in this world but Nityānanda could show mercy to someone like him.
His question expresses wonder at Nityānanda’s mercy despite his own sense of unworthiness.
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:
Therefore Nityānanda Prabhu is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa and His expansions as the puruṣas in the universes are plenary expansions of Nityānanda Prabhu. In this chapter the author has described the history of his leaving home for a personal pilgrimage to Vṛndāvana and his achieving all success there.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.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I turn toward Nityānanda’s mercy even when I feel unworthy?
Offer a short prayer to Nityānanda asking for mercy without claiming to deserve it.
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