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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.58
শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু হইলা পরম আনন্দ ।
কে বুঝিতে পারে গৌরের কৃপা-ছন্দবন্ধ ? ৫৮ ।। ॥ ৫৮ ॥
śuni’ mahāprabhu ha-ilā parama ānanda
ke bujhite pāre gaurera kṛpā-chanda-bandha?
Hearing this news, the Lord was very pleased. Who can understand the mercy of the Lord upon His devotee?
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The Lord was very pleased when He heard the news.
The preceding verse describes the devotee carefully counting his chants.
The question, “Who can understand,” invites wonder at the Lord’s mercy upon His devotee.
Fear turned to relief. A threatened execution ends in rescue and restored possibility.
The mood of Antya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
The ninth chapter is summarized as follows. Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, the son of Bhavānanda Rāya, was engaged in the service of the government, but he misappropriated some funds from the treasury. Therefore the baḍa-jānā, the eldest son of King Pratāparudra, ordered that he be punished by death. Thus Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was raised on the cāṅga to be killed, but by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu he was delivered. Moreover, he was even promoted to a higher post.Back to this verse in Antya 9
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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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s pleasure in His devotee’s chanting encourage you?
Before chanting today, pause to reflect on the Lord’s mercy upon His devotee.
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