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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 7.130
অপরাধ কৈনু, ক্ষম, লইনু শরণ ।
কৃপা করি’ মোর মাথে ধরহ চরণ ।।” ১৩০ ।। ॥ ১৩০ ॥
aparādha kainu, kṣama, la-inu śaraṇa
kṛpā kari’ mora māthe dharaha caraṇa”
“My dear Lord, I have committed offenses. Please excuse me. I seek shelter of You. Please be merciful unto me by placing Your lotus feet on my head.”
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭa acknowledged that he had committed offenses and asked the Lord to excuse him.
He sought shelter of the Lord rather than offering excuses for himself.
He begged for mercy by asking the Lord to place His lotus feet on his head.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
Later, when Vallabha Bhaṭṭa became intimately connected with the Lord, the Lord advised him to take instructions from Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Thus the Lord expressed His feelings of love for Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
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”, “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I acknowledge a wrong without trying to justify it?
Offer a short prayer acknowledging one wrong and asking the Lord for forgiveness and shelter.
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