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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.109
মহাপ্রভু-নিত্যানন্দ, দোঁহার দাসের দাস ।
যারে কৃপা করেন, তার হয় ইথে বিশ্বাস ॥ ১০৯ ॥
mahāprabhu-nityānanda, doṅhāra dāsera dāsa
yāre kṛpā karena, tāra haya ithe viśvāsa
If one becomes a servant of the servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and is favored by Them, he can believe in all these discourses.
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One is invited to become a servant of the servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
Their favor enables one to believe in these discourses.
The verse connects faith in these extraordinary topics with humble service and Their mercy.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 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:
This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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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: “favored”, “mercy”, “favor”
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: “servant”, “service”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I approach these discourses with the attitude of a servant of the servants?
Offer one small act of help to someone serving Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
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