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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.61
সাক্ষাতে না দেয় দেখা, পরোক্ষে ত’ দয়া ।
কে বুঝিতে পারে চৈতন্যচন্দ্রের মায়া ॥ ৬১ ॥
sākṣāte nā deya dekhā, parokṣe ta’ dayā
ke bujhite pāre caitanya-candrera māyā
Although the King had been refused an interview, he was indirectly bestowed causeless mercy. Who can understand the internal potency of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Acting as a world teacher and a sannyāsī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused to meet the King. The purport explains that royal life’s association with money and women was contrary to His renounced role.
Although refused an interview, the King indirectly received the Lord’s causeless mercy. Through that mercy, he could understand the Lord’s mysterious activities.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities sometimes revealed Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and sometimes showed Him as a devotee. Both kinds of activities are mysterious and appreciated only by pure devotees.
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
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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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Could I remain open to the Lord’s mercy even when it does not come in the form I hoped for?
Spend a minute reflecting on the distinction between the King’s refused meeting and the mercy he still received.
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