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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.49
কৃষ্ণের করুণা কিছু না যায় বর্ণনে ।
বিষয়কূপ হৈতে কাড়িল তোমা দুইজনে ॥ ৪৯ ॥
kṛṣṇera karuṇā kichu nā yāya varṇane
viṣaya-kūpa haite kāḍila tomā dui-jane
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “It is not possible to describe Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, for He has delivered you both from the well of material enjoyment.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that Kṛṣṇa’s mercy cannot be fully described.
He compares material enjoyment to a well from which one needs deliverance.
He credits Kṛṣṇa’s mercy with delivering both brothers from that well.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He was informed that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to Vṛndāvana from Jagannātha Purī through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand); therefore he sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when the Lord would leave for Vṛndāvana. In this way Rūpa Gosvāmī retired, but Sanātana Gosvāmī told the Nawab that he was sick and could not attend to his work.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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In this verse: “mercy”, “delivered”, “deliverance”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of a well help you reflect on material enjoyment?
Offer a brief prayer asking for Kṛṣṇa’s mercy to free you from attachment to material enjoyment.
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