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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.11
সন্ন্যাসি–বুদ্ধ্যে মোরে করিবে নমস্কার ।
তথাপি খণ্ডিবে দুঃখ, পাইবে নিস্তার ॥ ১১ ॥
sannyāsi-buddhye more karibe namaskāra
tathāpi khaṇḍibe duḥkha, pāibe nistāra
“If a person offers obeisances to Me, even due to accepting Me only as an ordinary sannyāsī, his material distresses will diminish, and he will ultimately get liberation.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that He always thinks of how to liberate conditioned souls from the material platform.
The purport explains that this desire to liberate conditioned souls is the reason Kṛṣṇa incarnates.
The Lord promises that even someone who bows to Him as an ordinary sannyāsī will have diminished material distress and ultimately attain liberation.
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The purport of CC Ādi 8.11 quotesBG 4.7
It is for this reason that Kṛṣṇa incarnates, as clearly indicated in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.7):
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Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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:
In this chapter the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda are described, and it is also stated that one who commits offenses in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not achieve love of Godhead, even after chanting for many years. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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In this verse: “merciful”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this promise reveal to me about the Lord’s mercy?
Offer one respectful obeisance to the Lord, remembering His desire to liberate conditioned souls.
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