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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.24
পরম কৃপালু তেঁহ ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ।
কোন-জন্মে মোরে অবশ্য দিবেন দরশন ॥ ২৪ ॥
parama kṛpālu teṅha vrajendra-nandana
kona-janme more avaśya dibena daraśana
“The King then said, ‘Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda. He is very merciful, and I hope that in a future birth He will allow me an interview.’
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The King declared that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda.
He described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as very merciful.
He hoped that the Lord would allow him an interview in a future birth.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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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: “merciful”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the King’s hope in the Lord’s mercy?
Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, acknowledging Him as Kṛṣṇa and expressing hope in His mercy.
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