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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.57
তোমা-দুঁহার কৃপাতে ইহাঁর হউ তৈছে শক্তি ।
যাতে বিবরিতে পারেন কৃষ্ণরসভক্তি ॥ ৫৭ ॥
tomā-duṅhāra kṛpāte iṅhāra ha-u taiche śakti
yāte vivarite pārena kṛṣṇa-rasa-bhakti
“May Rūpa Gosvāmī, by Your mercy, become so powerful that he will be able to describe the transcendental mellows of devotional service.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired that Rūpa Gosvāmī become powerful through the mercy of Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu.
The ability sought was to describe the transcendental mellows of devotional service.
The Lord’s request connects mercy with the power to carry out this devotional task.
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:
The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.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.
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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I seek mercy to deepen my ability to understand and describe devotional service?
Before studying today, offer a brief prayer for mercy to understand devotional service.
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