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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.68
সেই হৈতে ভাগ্যবান্ রাজার নন্দন ।
প্রভুভক্তগণ-মধ্যে হৈলা একজন ॥ ৬৮ ॥
sei haite bhāgyavān rājāra nandana
prabhu-bhakta-gaṇa-madhye hailā eka-jana
From then on, the fortunate prince was one of the most intimate devotees of the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s momentary glance can make someone one of His most confidential devotees. On his first visit, the prince became a topmost devotee by the Lord’s mercy.
This transformation was not merely theoretical but practical. A person’s earlier condition does not prove that the person cannot become an exalted devotee immediately.
The ordinary prince became one of the Lord’s most intimate devotees through His causeless mercy. The Lord is all-powerful and can act as He likes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the son of Mahārāja Pratāparudra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the 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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I judge someone’s devotional possibilities only by what that person was before?
Notice one judgment you hold about someone’s spiritual progress, and remind yourself that the Lord’s mercy can transform a person.
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