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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 4.44
যে বংশের উপরে তোমার হয় কৃপা-লেশ ।
সকল মঙ্গল তাহে খণ্ডে সব ক্লেশ ॥ ৪৪ ॥
ye vaṁśera upare tomāra haya kṛpā-leśa
sakala maṅgala tāhe khaṇḍe saba kleśa’
“My dear Lord, the family upon which You bestow even a little mercy is always fortunate, for such mercy makes all miseries disappear.”
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The speaker addresses the Lord and praises His mercy.
A family receiving even a little of that mercy is always fortunate.
The Lord’s mercy is praised as making all miseries disappear.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might I see my family’s good fortune in terms of the Lord’s mercy?
Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord to bestow His mercy upon your family.
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