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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 1.87
অন্যথা এ অর্থ কার নাহি হয় জ্ঞান ।
তুমি পূর্বে কৃপা কৈলা, করি অনুমান ।।” ৮৭ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
anyathā e artha kāra nāhi haya jñāna
tumi pūrve kṛpā kailā, kari anumāna”
“No one could otherwise understand this meaning. I can therefore guess that previously You bestowed upon him Your causeless mercy.”
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Svarūpa Dāmodara said that no one could otherwise understand this meaning.
He therefore inferred that the Lord had previously bestowed His causeless mercy upon Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Rūpa Gosvāmī’s understanding was thus recognized as evidence of the Lord’s mercy.
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:
One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. 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.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.
What changes in your approach to study when you remember the need for the Lord’s mercy?
Before studying today, pause and remember that understanding the Lord’s heart depends on His mercy.
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