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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.101
তবে সার্বভৌমে প্রভু প্রসাদ করিল ।
আপন-ঈশ্বরমূর্তি তাঁরে দেখাইল ॥ ১০১ ॥
tabe sārvabhaume prabhu prasāda karila
āpana-īśvara-mūrti tāṅre dekhāila
After this incident, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His mercy upon Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya by showing him His original form as the Lord.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed His mercy upon Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
He showed Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya His original form as the Lord.
The translation describes this revelation of His original form as an act of mercy.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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In this verse: “mercy”
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