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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.94
চন্দ্রশেখর কহে, — “প্রভু, বড় কৃপা কৈলা ।
আপনে আসিয়া ভৃত্যে দরশন দিলা ॥ ৯৪ ॥
candraśekhara kahe, — “prabhu, baḍa kṛpā kailā
āpane āsiyā bhṛtye daraśana dilā
Candraśekhara said, “My dear Lord, You have bestowed Your causeless mercy upon me because I am Your old servant. Indeed, You have come here personally to give me Your audience.
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Candraśekhara addressed the Lord as His old servant.
He recognized the Lord’s visit as causeless mercy bestowed upon him.
He said that the Lord had come personally to grant him His audience.
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:
At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him. Seeing the behavior of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, a Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa informed Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.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”
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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Candraśekhara express gratitude for the Lord’s personal attention?
Offer one brief prayer of gratitude to the Lord for His mercy.
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