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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.117
তাতে জানি — পূর্বে তোমার পাঞাছে প্রসাদ ।
তাহা বিনা নহে তোমার হৃদয়ানুবাদ ।।” ১১৭ ।। ॥ ১১৭ ॥
tāte jāni — pūrve tomāra pāñāche prasāda
tāhā vinā nahe tomāra hṛdayānuvāda”
“Had You not previously bestowed Your mercy on him,” they said, “it would not have been possible for him to express Your internal feelings.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees acknowledged Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mercy upon Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
They said that the Lord had already bestowed His mercy on him.
Without that mercy, Rūpa Gosvāmī could not have expressed the Lord’s internal feelings.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he also came to Jagannātha Purī, where he stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
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.
How does recognizing mercy change the way you regard Rūpa Gosvāmī’s words?
Reread this verse slowly, noticing how the devotees give credit to the Lord’s mercy.
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