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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.200

হেন ‘বিষয়’ হৈতে কৃষ্ণ উদ্ধারিলা তোমা’ ।

কহন না যায় কৃষ্ণকৃপার মহিমা ।।” ২০০ ।। ॥ ২০০ ॥

hena ‘viṣaya’ haite kṛṣṇa uddhārilā tomā’

kahana nā yāya kṛṣṇa-kṛpāra mahimā”

Translation

“By His own free will, Lord Kṛṣṇa has delivered you from such a condemned materialistic life. Therefore the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s causeless mercy cannot be expressed.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Mercy Can End Karmic Reactions

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa delivered Raghunātha dāsa from materialistic life by His own free will.

  2. 2

    The glories of Kṛṣṇa’s causeless mercy cannot be fully expressed. He is so merciful that He can stop the reactions of karma for His devotee.

  3. 3

    Everyone, from the small insect called indra-gopa to Indra, the King of heaven, is bound by the reactions of fruitive activities.

Key points from the purport
  • In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.54) it is said, karmāṇi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājām.
  • Lord Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that He can stop the reactions of karma for His devotee.
  • Everyone — from the small insect called indra-gopa up to Indra, the King of heaven — is bound by the reactions of fruitive activities.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

Therefore another name for Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is Svarūpera Raghu, or the Raghunātha of Svarūpa Dāmodara. For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hena viṣayasuch a fallen condition of material enjoyment
  2. haitefrom
  3. kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa
  4. uddhārilā tomā’has delivered you
  5. kahana nā yāyacannot be described
  6. kṛṣṇa-kṛpāraof the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa
  7. mahimāthe glories
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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”, “delivered”, “merciful”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa can stop karmic reactions deepen my trust in His mercy?

Practice

Offer a short prayer thanking Kṛṣṇa for His causeless mercy and expressing your desire to serve Him.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Mercy Can End Karmic ReactionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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