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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.182
মহাপ্রভু বিনা কেহ নাহি দয়াময় ।
কাকেরে গরুড় করে, — ঐছে কোন্ হয় ॥ ১৮২ ॥
mahāprabhu vinā keha nāhi dayāmaya
kākere garuḍa kare, — aiche kon haya
“But for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,” Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “who is so merciful? He has converted a crow into a Garuḍa. Who could be so merciful?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya praised the extraordinary mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He described his transformation with the image of a crow being converted into a Garuḍa.
His repeated question, “Who could be so merciful?” expressed wonder at the mercy he had received.
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 conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand. After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “merciful”, “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this image of transformation help me appreciate about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the crow-to-Garuḍa image and expressing gratitude for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.
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