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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.334
সত্যযুগে ধর্ম-ধ্যান করায় ‘শুক্ল’-মূর্তি ধরি’ ।
কর্দমকে বর দিলা যেঁহো কৃপা করি’ ॥ ৩৩৪ ॥
satya-yuge dharma-dhyāna karāya ‘śukla’-mūrti dhari’
kardamake vara dilā yeṅho kṛpā kari’
“As the white incarnation, the Lord taught religion and meditation. He offered benedictions to Kardama Muni, and in this way He showed His causeless mercy.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
As the white incarnation, the Lord taught religion and meditation. In Satya-yuga, people were accustomed to practicing meditation.
Kardama Muni was one of the prajāpatis. He married Devahūti, the daughter of Manu, and their son was Kapiladeva.
The Supreme Lord was very pleased with Kardama Muni’s austerities and appeared before him in a whitish body. By offering him benedictions, the Lord showed His causeless mercy.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the 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”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord’s mercy toward Kardama Muni?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the Lord’s causeless mercy as described here.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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