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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.75
কৃপার সমুদ্র, দীন-হীনে দয়াময় ।
কৃষ্ণকৃপা বিনা কোন ‘সুখ’ নাহি হয় ॥” ৭৫ ॥
kṛpāra samudra, dīna-hīne dayāmaya
kṛṣṇa-kṛpā vinā kona ‘sukha’ nāhi haya”
“Kṛṣṇa is an ocean of mercy. He is especially merciful to the poor and fallen. Without His mercy, there is no possibility of happiness.”
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Kṛṣṇa is an ocean of mercy.
He is especially merciful to the poor and fallen.
Without His mercy, there is no possibility of happiness.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
North of Kaṭaka, He penetrated a dense forest and came upon many tigers and elephants, whom He engaged in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Whenever the Lord had a chance to visit a village, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would beg alms and acquire some rice and vegetables.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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”, “merciful”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering Kṛṣṇa’s mercy change your search for happiness?
Take a quiet moment today to ask Kṛṣṇa for His mercy.
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