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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.76
চৈতন্যপ্রভুর এই কৃপার মহিমা ।
ব্রহ্মাদি দেব যার নাহি পায় সীমা ॥ ৭৬ ॥
caitanya-prabhura ei kṛpāra mahimā
brahmādi deva yāra nāhi pāya sīmā
This is the glory of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy, which even the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, cannot estimate.
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The boy’s remarkable verse displays the glory of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy.
Even the demigods cannot estimate that mercy.
Lord Brahmā, who heads the demigods, is included in this statement of their inability to measure it.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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:
When Kavi-karṇapūra was only seven years old, he was initiated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description of immeasurable mercy encourage humility in you?
Offer a brief prayer of appreciation for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy.
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