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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.10
যদি মোরে কৃপা না করিবে গৌরহরি ।
রাজ্য ছাড়ি’ যোগী হই’ হইব ভিখারী ॥ ১০ ॥
yadi more kṛpā nā karibe gaurahari
rājya chāḍi’ yogī ha-i’ ha-iba bhikhārī
“If Gaurahari, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, will not show mercy to me, I shall give up my kingdom, become a mendicant and beg from door to door.”
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The speaker desires the mercy of Gaurahari, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
If the Lord does not show him mercy, he declares that he will give up his kingdom.
He is prepared to become a mendicant and beg from door to door.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
The King of Orissa, Mahārāja Pratāparudra, tried his best to see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and the other devotees informed the Lord about the King’s desire, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not agree to see him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this willingness to leave a kingdom deepen my understanding of longing for mercy?
Spend a quiet moment asking Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His mercy.
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