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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.103Madhya 20.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.104

প্রভু কহে, — “কৃষ্ণ-কৃপা তোমাতে পূর্ণ হয় ।

সব তত্ত্ব জান, তোমার নাহি তাপত্রয় ॥ ১০৪ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “kṛṣṇa-kṛpā tomāte pūrṇa haya

saba tattva jāna, tomāra nāhi tāpa-traya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Lord Kṛṣṇa has bestowed His full mercy upon you so that all these things are known to you. For you, the threefold miseries certainly do not exist.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Lives touched by mercyŚrī Sanātana Gosvāmī · step 1, Condition: Former minister in inquiry
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Full Mercy Brings Understanding

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that Lord Kṛṣṇa has bestowed His full mercy upon the person He is addressing.

  2. 2

    He explains that, through this mercy, all these things are already known to him.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also assures him that the threefold miseries certainly do not exist for him.

How it feels

Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.

The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant then spent the night in a small hotel on the way to Benares. The hotel owner knew that Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant had eight gold coins, and he decided to kill them and take the money.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. kahesaid
  3. kṛṣṇa-kṛpāthe mercy of Kṛṣṇa
  4. tomāteon you
  5. pūrṇafull
  6. hayathere is
  7. saba tattvaall truths
  8. jānayou know
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place do I give Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy in my understanding of spiritual truths?

Practice

Reread the verse slowly, noticing how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu connects understanding with Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

5 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

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Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Full Mercy Brings UnderstandingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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