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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 16.99
সামান্য ভাগ্য হৈতে তার প্রাপ্তি নাহি হয় ।
কৃষ্ণের যাঁতে পূর্ণকৃপা, সেই তাহা পায় ॥ ৯৯ ॥
sāmānya bhāgya haite tāra prāpti nāhi haya
kṛṣṇera yāṅte pūrṇa-kṛpā, sei tāhā pāya
“One who is only ordinarily fortunate cannot obtain such mercy. Only persons who have the full mercy of Kṛṣṇa can receive such remnants.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Ordinary good fortune is not enough to obtain this mercy.
Only those who have the full mercy of Kṛṣṇa can receive His remnants.
Receiving such remnants is therefore a matter of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, not merely ordinary luck.
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.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might seeing these remnants as Kṛṣṇa’s mercy change your attitude toward receiving them?
Take a quiet moment today to express your desire for Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.
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