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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.51
এই শ্লোক পড়ি’ দুঁহারে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ।
কৃপাতে দুঁহার মাথায় ধরিলা চরণ ॥ ৫১ ॥
ei śloka paḍi’ duṅhāre kailā āliṅgana
kṛpāte duṅhāra māthāya dharilā caraṇa
After reciting this verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced the two brothers, and out of His causeless mercy He placed His feet on their heads.
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After reciting the verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced the two brothers.
He also placed His feet on their heads.
These acts were expressions of His causeless mercy.
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:
Meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in a village called Rāmakeli, two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, began to devise means to get out of their government service. They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mercy”, “embraced”
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What does the description of the Lord’s mercy as causeless invite me to appreciate?
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