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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 1.208
প্রভু-কৃপা রূপে, আর রূপের সদ্গুণ ।
দেখি’ চমৎকার হৈল সবাকার মন ॥ ২০৮ ॥
prabhu-kṛpā rūpe, āra rūpera sad-guṇa
dekhi’ camatkāra haila sabākāra mana
Seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mercy toward Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and seeing his personal qualities, all the devotees were struck with wonder.
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The devotees see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mercy toward Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
They also see Rūpa Gosvāmī’s personal qualities.
Both the Lord’s mercy and Rūpa Gosvāmī’s qualities fill all the devotees with wonder.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I take time to appreciate the good qualities I see in devotees?
Name one good quality you have noticed in a devotee and quietly appreciate it.
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