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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.34
কৃপা করি’ কর মোরে পদধূলি-সম ।
তোমার সেবক করোঁ তোমার সেবন ।।” ৩৪ ।। ॥ ৩৪ ॥
kṛpā kari’ kara more pada-dhūli-sama
tomāra sevaka karoṅ tomāra sevana”
“Be causelessly merciful to Me by giving Me a place with the particles of dust at Your lotus feet so that I may engage in the service of Your Lordship as Your eternal servant.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prayer asks for causeless mercy, rather than claiming a right to the Lord’s favor.
A place among the particles of dust at the Lord’s lotus feet is the humble request.
The purpose of receiving this mercy is to engage in the Lord’s service as His eternal servant.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “service”, “servant”
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: “merciful”, “mercy”, “favor”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When you ask the Lord for mercy, do you also ask for the opportunity to serve?
Offer a short prayer asking for the Lord’s mercy and an opportunity to serve Him today.
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