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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.65
তেঁহো অতি কৃপা করি’ আজ্ঞা কৈলা মোরে ।
গৌরাঙ্গের শেষলীলা বর্ণিবার তরে ॥ ৬৫ ॥
teṅho ati kṛpā kari’ ājñā kailā more
gaurāṅgera śeṣa-līlā varṇibāra tare
By his causeless mercy he ordered me to write about the last pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The author received an order to write.
The subject was the last pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The author understood this order as causeless mercy.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
All these ācāryas will bestow their causeless mercy upon a devotee and gradually purify his heart. When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Reread the translation and write one sentence about why the author calls this order mercy.
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