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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.201
সেইত ‘গোসাঞি’ তুমি — সাক্ষাৎ ‘ঈশ্বর’ ।
মোরে কৃপা কর, মুঞি — অযোগ্য পামর ॥ ২০১ ॥
seita ‘gosāñi’ tumi — sākṣāt ‘īśvara’
more kṛpā kara, muñi — ayogya pāmara
“Since You are that very same Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, please be merciful upon me. I am fallen and unfit.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker recognizes the person he addresses as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
He asks the Supreme Lord to be merciful to him.
He approaches with humility, describing himself as fallen and unfit.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
In this way, their Kṛṣṇa consciousness was awakened, and they could understand that a sannyāsī is simply a living entity and not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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”, “humility”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can humility help you sincerely ask the Lord for mercy?
Offer a simple prayer asking the Supreme Personality of Godhead for mercy, honestly acknowledging your need for His help.
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