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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī
Madhya 10.5Madhya 10.7

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.6

তোমারে বহু কৃপা কৈলা, কহে সর্বজন ।

কৃপা করি’ করাহ মোরে তাঁহার দর্শন ॥ ৬ ॥

tomāre bahu kṛpā kailā, kahe sarva-jana

kṛpā kari’ karāha more tāṅhāra darśana

Translation

“I have also heard that this great personality has shown you great favor. At any rate, this is what I hear from many different people. Now, being merciful upon me, you should do me the favor of arranging an interview.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Humble Request for a Meeting

  1. 1

    The speaker had heard that this great personality had shown the Bhaṭṭācārya great favor.

  2. 2

    He had heard this from many different people.

  3. 3

    He asked the Bhaṭṭācārya to be merciful to him by arranging an interview.

How it feels

Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.

The mood of Madhya 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 10: The Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Mahārāja Pratāparudra requested the Bhaṭṭācārya to arrange an interview with the Lord, the Bhaṭṭācārya assured him that he would try to do so as soon as Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India. When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from His South Indian tour, He lived at the home of Kāśī Miśra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāreunto you
  2. bahu kṛpāgreat mercy
  3. kailāshowed
  4. kahesays
  5. sarva-janaeveryone
  6. kṛpā kari’being merciful
  7. karāhaarrange
  8. morefor me
  9. tāṅhāraHis
  10. darśanainterview
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “merciful”, “favor”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does asking for mercy and favor differ from demanding a meeting?

Practice

When asking someone for help today, make your request courteously, as a favor rather than a demand.

Live this todayA Humble Request for a MeetingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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