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  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 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.150Madhya 11.152

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.151

নিমজ্জতোঽনন্ত ভবার্ণবান্তশ্চিরায় মে কূলমিবাসি লব্ধঃ ।

ত্বয়াপি লব্ধং ভগবন্নিদানীমনুত্তমং পাত্রমিদং দয়ায়াঃ ॥ ১৫১ ॥

nimajjato ’nanta bhavārṇavāntaś

cirāya me kūlam ivāsi labdhaḥ

tvayāpi labdhaṁ bhagavann idānīm

anuttamaṁ pātram idaṁ dayāyāḥ

Translation

“ ‘O my Lord! O unlimited one! Although I was merged in the ocean of nescience, I have now, after a long time, attained You, just as one may attain the seashore. My dear Lord, by getting me, You have obtained the right person upon whom to bestow Your causeless mercy.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Rescues Through Causeless Mercy

  1. 1

    One’s relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead may be reestablished even after falling into the ocean of nescience. Attaining the Lord is compared to reaching the seashore.

  2. 2

    Material existence involves repeated birth, death, old age and disease arising from acceptance of the material body. Among 8,400,000 species of material life, the human body offers a chance for release from repeated birth and death.

  3. 3

    When one becomes the Lord’s devotee, one is rescued from this dangerous ocean. The Lord is always prepared to shower His mercy upon fallen souls struggling against miserable material conditions.

Key points from the purport
  • One’s relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead may be reestablished even after one has fallen into the ocean of nescience, which is the ocean of material existence involving the repetition of birth, death, old age and disease, all arising out of the acceptance of the material body.
  • When one becomes the Lord’s devotee, he is rescued from this dangerous ocean of birth and death.
  • The Lord is always prepared to shower His mercy upon fallen souls struggling against miserable material conditions.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 11.151 quotesBG 15.7

As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.7):

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.

The mood of Madhya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages. They accepted prasādam without having shaved, and they neglected to fast in a holy place.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nimajjataḥbeing immersed
  2. anantaO unlimited one
  3. bhava-arṇava-antaḥwithin the ocean of nescience
  4. cirāyaafter a long time
  5. meof me
  6. kūlamthe shore
  7. ivalike
  8. asiYou are
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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: “mercy”

  • 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”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

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 can I use the opportunity of human life to renew my relationship with the Lord?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer today asking the Lord for His causeless mercy and the opportunity to become His devotee.

Live this todayThe Lord Rescues Through Causeless MercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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