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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.85
গোপীনাথ কহে, — তোমার কৃপা-মহাসিন্ধু ।
উছলিত করে যবে তার এক বিন্দু ॥ ৮৫ ॥
gopīnātha kahe, — tomāra kṛpā-mahāsindhu
uchalita kare yabe tāra eka bindu
Gopīnātha Ācārya replied, “I believe that one drop of the ocean of Your great mercy has swelled up upon them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gopīnātha Ācārya offered his understanding in reply.
He described the great mercy being discussed as an ocean.
He believed that one drop of that ocean had swelled up upon them.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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 Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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: “discussed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the image of one drop from an ocean suggest to you about mercy?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the image of a single drop of great mercy.
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