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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.191
পতিত-পাবন-হেতু তোমার অবতার ।
আমা-বই জগতে, পতিত নাহি আর ॥ ১৯১ ॥
patita-pāvana-hetu tomāra avatāra
āmā-ba-i jagate, patita nāhi āra
The two brothers submitted, “Dear Lord, You have incarnated to deliver the fallen souls. You should consider that in this world there is none so fallen as us.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The two brothers addressed the Lord directly in their submission.
They declared that He had incarnated to deliver the fallen souls.
They asked Him to consider that no one in the world was as fallen as they were.
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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I bring my shortcomings before the Lord while remembering His purpose of delivering fallen souls?
Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord to consider your need for His deliverance.
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