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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.132
“বেশ্যা হঞা মুঞি পাপ করিয়াছোঁ অপার ।
কৃপা করি’ কর মো-অধমে নিস্তার ।।” ১৩২ ।। ॥ ১৩২ ॥
“veśyā hañā muñi pāpa kariyāchoṅ apāra
kṛpā kari’ kara mo-adhame nistāra”
“Because I have taken the profession of a prostitute,” she said, “I have performed unlimited sinful acts. My lord, be merciful to me. Deliver my fallen soul.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The woman acknowledges that through her profession she has performed unlimited sinful acts.
She asks Haridāsa Ṭhākura for mercy rather than making excuses for her actions.
Her plea, “Deliver my fallen soul,” expresses her desire for spiritual deliverance.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
A person named Rāmacandra Khān, who was envious of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, sent a professional prostitute to attempt to defame him, but by the mercy of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, even the prostitute was delivered. Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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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: “merciful”, “deliver”, “mercy”
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: “fallen”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would help me acknowledge my wrongdoing honestly and ask for mercy?
Take a quiet moment to acknowledge one wrong action and sincerely pray for mercy.
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