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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.107

সুস্থ করি, রামানন্দ রাজারে বসাইলা ।

কায়মনোবাক্যে প্রভু তাঁরে কৃপা কৈলা ॥ ১০৭ ॥

sustha kari, rāmānanda rājāre vasāilā

kāya-mano-vākye prabhu tāṅre kṛpā kailā

Translation

Finally Rāmānanda Rāya pacified the King and made him sit down. The Lord bestowed mercy upon him through His body, mind and words.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Gives Mercy in Every Way

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya pacified the King and made him sit down.

  2. 2

    The Lord bestowed mercy upon the King through His body and mind.

  3. 3

    The Lord also bestowed mercy through His words.

How it feels

Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.

The mood of Madhya 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sustha karicomforting him
  2. rāmānandaRāya Rāmānanda
  3. rājāre vasāilāmade the King sit down
  4. kāya-mano-vākyewith body, mind and words
  5. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. tāṅreunto the King
  7. kṛpā kailāshowed His mercy
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Key ideas in this 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the Lord giving mercy through His body, mind and words?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, pausing over the words “body, mind and words.”

Live this todayThe Lord Gives Mercy in Every WayThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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