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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.209
যে আগে পড়য়ে, তারে করয়ে নিস্তার ।
অতএব নিস্তারিলা মো–হেন দুরাচার ॥ ২০৯ ॥
ye āge paḍaye, tāre karaye nistāra
ataeva nistārilā mo-hena durācāra
He delivers all those who fall down before Him. Therefore He has delivered such a sinful and fallen person as me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He delivers all those who fall down before Him.
The author describes himself as sinful and fallen.
The author sees his own deliverance as an instance of this mercy toward those who bow before Him.
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.
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: “delivers”, “mercy”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for me to bow with humility rather than rely on my own worthiness?
Take a quiet moment today to bow before Him and ask for deliverance.
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