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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.121
এমন কৃপালু নাহি শুনি ত্রিভুবনে ।
কৃষ্ণপ্রেমা হয় যাঁর দূর দরশনে ॥ ১২১ ॥
emana kṛpālu nāhi śuni tribhuvane
kṛṣṇa-premā haya yāṅra dūra daraśane
There is no one as merciful as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu within all three worlds. Simply by seeing Him from a distance, one is overwhelmed with love of Godhead.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
No one within all three worlds is as merciful as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Simply seeing Him can overwhelm one with love of Godhead.
This mercy reaches even those who see Him from a distance.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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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: “merciful”, “mercy”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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What encouragement do you find in this description of His mercy?
Reread the translation and spend a moment reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy.
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