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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.158
যেই কহে, সেই সহি নিজ-শিরে ধরি’ ।
আপনে করিবেন কৃপা গুণ-দোষ বিচারি’ ।।” ১৫৮ ।। ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
yei kahe, sei sahi nija-śire dhari’
āpane karibena kṛpā guṇa-doṣa vicāri’ ”
“I can tolerate whatever He says, bearing it upon my head. He will automatically be merciful to me after considering my faults and attributes.”
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Gadādhara Paṇḍita is willing to tolerate whatever the Lord says, bearing it respectfully upon his head.
He trusts that the Lord will consider both his faults and his attributes.
Rather than demanding mercy, he remains confident that the Lord will be merciful to him.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
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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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In this verse: “merciful”, “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s patient trust in the Lord’s mercy?
Today, acknowledge one fault in a brief prayer and ask for the Lord’s mercy.
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