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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.292
এবে ‘বৈষ্ণব’ হৈল, তার গেল ‘অপরাধ’ ।
তাহার উপরে এবে করহ প্রসাদ ॥ ২৯২ ॥
ebe ‘vaiṣṇava’ haila, tāra gela ‘aparādha’
tāhāra upare ebe karaha prasāda
“Now that he has become a Vaiṣṇava, he is offenseless. You can bestow your mercy upon him without hesitation.”
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He is now recognized as a Vaiṣṇava.
Having become a Vaiṣṇava, he is described as offenseless.
The appeal is to bestow mercy upon him without hesitation.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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 following morning, he was attacked by the disease of visūcikā (cholera). Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu very kindly saved him from death and enlivened him in chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to recognize someone’s change and show mercy?
Today, acknowledge one positive change in someone rather than dwelling on their past.
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