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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.135
মহাপ্রভুর কৃপায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেম অনর্গল ।
এই ত’ কহিলুঁ তাতে চৈতন্য-কৃপাফল ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
mahāprabhura kṛpāya kṛṣṇa-prema anargala
ei ta’ kahiluṅ tāte caitanya-kṛpā-phala
Thus I have described the powerful mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by which Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī remained constantly overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
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The author describes the powerful mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
By that mercy, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī remained overwhelmed with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
His ecstatic love was constant, and the verse attributes it to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. A summary of the life of Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ends this chapter.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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”
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How does this account help me appreciate Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy?
Offer a short prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking for His mercy to deepen your love for Kṛṣṇa.
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