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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.45
পাপী নীচ উদ্ধারিতে তাঁর অবতার ।
জগাই মাধাই তেঁহ করিলা উদ্ধার ॥ ৪৫ ॥
pāpī nīca uddhārite tāṅra avatāra
jagāi mādhāi teṅha karilā uddhāra
The King said, “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has descended just to deliver all kinds of sinful, lowborn persons. Consequently He has delivered sinners like Jagāi and Mādhāi.
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The King said that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had descended to deliver sinful, lowborn persons.
He described this deliverance as extending to all kinds of such persons.
He named Jagāi and Mādhāi as sinners whom the Lord had delivered.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
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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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In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What hope do you find in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s purpose of delivering sinners?
Spend a minute reflecting on the Lord’s mercy toward those who are sinful and fallen.
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