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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.3

জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় করুণা-সাগর ।

জয় গৌরভক্তগণ কৃপা-পূর্ণান্তর ॥ ৩ ॥

jayādvaita-candra jaya karuṇā-sāgara

jaya gaura-bhakta-gaṇa kṛpā-pūrṇāntara

Translation

All glories to Advaita Ācārya, who is also an ocean of mercy! All glories to all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, whose hearts are always filled with mercy!

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor Devotees Whose Hearts Hold Mercy

  1. 1

    Advaita Ācārya is glorified as an ocean of mercy.

  2. 2

    Praise is offered to all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Their hearts are described as always filled with mercy.

How it feels

Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.

The mood of Antya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Jagadānanda Paṇḍita

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The devotees from Bengal again journeyed to Jagannātha Purī to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. As usual, the leader was Śivānanda Sena, who traveled with his wife and children.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jayaall glories
  2. advaita-candrato Advaita Ācārya
  3. jayaall glories
  4. karuṇā-sāgarathe ocean of mercy
  5. jayaall glories
  6. gaura-bhakta-gaṇato the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kṛpā-pūrṇa-antarawhose hearts are always filled with mercy
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Key ideas in this 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”

  • 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: “offered”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might honoring merciful devotees shape the way you treat someone today?

Practice

Offer one small act of kindness today while remembering the devotees’ merciful hearts.

Live this todayHonor Devotees Whose Hearts Hold MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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