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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.83
নিজ-কৃপাগুণে প্রভু বান্ধিলা সবারে ।
মহাপ্রভুর কৃপা-ঋণ কে শোধিতে পারে ? ৮৩ ।। ॥ ৮৩ ॥
nija-kṛpā-guṇe prabhu bāndhilā sabāre
mahāprabhura kṛpā-ṛṇa ke śodhite pāre?
The Lord bound everyone by His transcendental mercy. Who can repay his debt for the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bound everyone by His transcendental mercy.
The question about repaying Him expresses the greatness of that mercy.
Although the devotees were departing, they remained bound to the Lord by His mercy.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
That year a devotee named Parameśvara dāsa Modaka also went with his family to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The devotees often invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to eat with them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might gratitude deepen when you see mercy as something beyond repayment?
Offer a short prayer of thanks to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His mercy.
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