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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.18
মহাপ্রভু সুখ পাইল সে-সেবা দেখিতে ।
মহাপ্রভুর কৃপা হৈল সে-সেবা হইতে ॥ ১৮ ॥
mahāprabhu sukha pāila se-sevā dekhite
mahāprabhura kṛpā haila se-sevā ha-ite
Upon seeing the King engaged in such menial service, Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy. Simply by rendering this service, the King received the mercy of the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy to see the King engaged in menial service.
Simply by rendering this service, the King received the Lord’s mercy.
Without the Lord’s mercy, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or engage in His devotional service.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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.
How can I approach devotional service with greater dependence on the Lord’s mercy?
Before doing one act of devotional service today, ask for the Lord’s mercy.
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