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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 1.205
ভক্তে কৃপা-হেতু প্রকাশিতে চাহ ব্রজ-রস ।
যারে করাও, সেই করিবে জগৎ তোমার বশ ॥ ২০৫ ॥
bhakte kṛpā-hetu prakāśite cāha vraja-rasa
yāre karāo, sei karibe jagat tomāra vaśa”
“Because of Your causeless mercy toward Your devotees, You want to describe the transcendental pastimes in Vṛndāvana. Anyone empowered to do this can bring the entire world under Your influence.”
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Out of causeless mercy toward His devotees, the Lord wants the transcendental pastimes in Vṛndāvana to be described.
Unless empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, one cannot spread the Lord’s holy name throughout the entire world.
Under the Lord’s protection, a pure devotee can preach the holy name so that everyone may take advantage and become Kṛṣṇa conscious.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 1.205 quotesCC Antya 7.11
This passage parallels the statement kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana, which means that unless empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, one cannot spread the holy name of the Lord throughout the entire world.
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Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “mercy”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “pure devotee”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse change my understanding of what makes sharing the holy name effective?
Chant the Lord’s holy name today while praying for His protection and mercy.
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