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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.241
সে ছল সেকালে কৃষ্ণ স্ফুরাবে তোমারে ।
কৃষ্ণকৃপা যাঁরে, তারে কে রাখিতে পারে ॥” ২৪১ ॥
se chala se-kāle kṛṣṇa sphurābe tomāre
kṛṣṇa-kṛpā yāṅre, tāre ke rākhite pāre”
“What kind of means you will have to use at that time will be revealed by Kṛṣṇa. If one has Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, no one can check him.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Although Raghunātha dāsa was anxious to join Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord advised him to wait for Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. Kṛṣṇa would reveal the means, and no one could check one who had His mercy.
One can keep Kṛṣṇa consciousness firmly fixed in the heart while outwardly behaving like an ordinary person. While living in society, one’s business should be to satisfy Kṛṣṇa and spread His glories.
A Kṛṣṇa conscious person should not be absorbed in material things, but should desire only to serve Kṛṣṇa. When one is engaged in devotional service in this way, Kṛṣṇa will certainly bestow His mercy.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders. From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples.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: “mercy”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you keep the desire to serve Kṛṣṇa firm while attending to ordinary responsibilities?
Before one ordinary duty today, pause and renew your intention to satisfy Kṛṣṇa.
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