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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.82
অবতরি’ তুমি ঐছে পাতিয়াছ হাট ।
কেহ না বুঝিতে পারে তোমার গূঢ় নাট ॥ ৮২ ॥
avatari’ tumi aiche pātiyācha hāṭa
keha nā bujhite pāre tomāra gūḍha nāṭa
“My dear Lord, You have set a plan in motion by descending to the material world, but no one can understand how You are acting.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By descending to the material world, the Lord has set a plan in motion.
In the surrounding discussion, His work concerns the deliverance of living entities.
Haridāsa says that no one can understand how the Lord is acting. He acknowledges the limits of understanding the Lord’s plan.
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:
Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha. On another occasion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once inquired from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was known as Brahma Haridāsa, how the yavanas, or persons bereft of Vedic culture, would be delivered in Kali-yuga .Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “deliverance”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discussion”
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.
How can I appreciate the Lord’s purpose without claiming to understand all His actions?
Before chanting today, briefly acknowledge that you do not fully understand how the Lord carries out His plan.
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