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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.78
মুঞি ছার, মোরে তুমি সঙ্গে লঞা আইলা ।
কৃপা করি’ মোর হাতে ‘প্রভু’ ভিক্ষা কৈলা ॥ ৭৮ ॥
muñi chāra, more tumi saṅge lañā āilā
kṛpā kari’ mora hāte ‘prabhu’ bhikṣā kailā
“Sir, I am most fallen, yet You have brought me with You. Showing great mercy, You have accepted food prepared by me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya described himself as most fallen.
He saw the Lord’s kindness in bringing him along.
He recognized great mercy in the Lord’s accepting food prepared by him.
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:
If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.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.
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”
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.
Do you see an opportunity to serve the Lord as His mercy?
Before preparing food today, pause to remember the Lord’s mercy in accepting humble service.
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