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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya
Antya 5.157Antya 5.159

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.158

সেই কবি সর্ব ত্যজি’ রহিলা নীলাচলে ।

গৌরভক্তগণের কৃপা কে কহিতে পারে ? ১৫৮ ।। ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

sei kavi sarva tyaji’ rahilā nīlācale

gaura-bhakta-gaṇera kṛpā ke kahite pāre?

Translation

By the mercy of the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that poet from Bengal gave up all other activities and stayed with them at Jagannātha Purī. Who can explain the mercy of the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotees’ Mercy Gives Shelter

  1. 1

    By the mercy of the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the poet from Bengal gave up all other activities.

  2. 2

    He stayed with those devotees at Jagannātha Purī. Their mercy brought him into their company.

  3. 3

    The question “Who can explain the mercy?” expresses wonder at the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees.

How it feels

Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.

The mood of Antya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sei kavithat poet
  2. sarva tyaji’giving up all nonsensical activities
  3. rahilāremained
  4. nīlācaleat Jagannātha Purī
  5. gaura-bhakta-gaṇeraof the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. kṛpāthe mercy
  7. kewho
  8. kahite pārecan explain
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Key ideas in this 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: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How has the kindness of devotees helped you seek their company?

Practice

Thank one devotee whose kindness has helped you.

Live this todayDevotees’ Mercy Gives ShelterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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