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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 1.196
তোমার শক্তি বিনা জীবের নহে এই বাণী ।
তুমি শক্তি দিয়া কহাও, — হেন অনুমানি ।।” ১৯৬ ।। ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
tomāra śakti vinā jīvera nahe ei vāṇī
tumi śakti diyā kahāo, — hena anumāni”
“Without Your mercy such poetic expressions would be impossible for an ordinary living being to write. My guess is that You have given him the power.”
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Such poetic expressions are described as impossible for an ordinary living being to write without mercy.
The speaker credits Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with giving Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī the power to write them.
The praise points beyond literary ability to the mercy that makes such expression possible.
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:
After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might recognizing mercy change the way you view your own abilities?
Before using one of your abilities today, offer a brief prayer for mercy to use it in service.
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