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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 4.74
“সর্বজ্ঞ, কৃপালু তুমি ঈশ্বর স্বতন্ত্র ।
যৈছে নাচাও, তৈছে নাচি, — যেন কাষ্ঠযন্ত্র ॥ ৭৪ ॥
“sarvajña, kṛpālu tumi īśvara svatantra
yaiche nācāo, taiche nāci, — yena kāṣṭha-yantra
“My Lord, You are the omniscient, merciful, independent Supreme Lord. Exactly like an instrument of wood, I dance as You make me do so.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī addresses Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Lord.
He describes the Lord as omniscient, merciful and independent. The Lord knows everything and acts freely.
Sanātana compares himself to an instrument of wood that dances as the Lord directs. He expresses his dependence on the Lord.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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:
I have to execute many devotional services through your body. I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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: “merciful”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “dependence”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “freely”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean to approach your service as an instrument of the merciful Lord?
Before one act of devotional service today, offer a brief prayer asking for the Lord’s guidance.
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