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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.63
মহা-রৌরব হৈতে তোমা করিলা উদ্ধার ।
কৃপার সমুদ্র কৃষ্ণ গম্ভীর অপার ॥” ৬৩ ॥
mahā-raurava haite tomā karilā uddhāra
kṛpāra samudra kṛṣṇa gambhīra apāra”
“My dear Sanātana, Kṛṣṇa has saved you from Mahāraurava, life’s deepest hell. He is an ocean of mercy, and His activities are very grave.”
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Lord Kṛṣṇa stays within everyone’s heart and works very gravely. His help may come in ways the devotee cannot understand.
When the Lord sees sincere devotional service, He helps the devotee. He is always prepared to help someone determined to serve Him.
By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, Sanātana Gosvāmī came to regard his exalted ministerial position as insignificant and was prepared to become a mendicant. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised his action and thanked Kṛṣṇa for His 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.
The purport of CC Madhya 20.63 quotesBG 18.61
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.61), īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe’rjuna tiṣṭhati.
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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:
After giving the jailer seven thousand gold coins, Sanātana Gosvāmī was released. He then crossed the Ganges and fled.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: “service”, “serve”
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: “insignificant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I determined to serve the Lord even when I cannot understand how He is helping?
Complete one small act of devotional service today with a deliberate effort to be sincere.
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