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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.12
পথে বড় বড় দানী বিঘ্ন নাহি করে ।
তা’ সবারে কৃপা করি’ আইলা রেমুণারে ॥ ১২ ॥
pathe baḍa baḍa dānī vighna nāhi kare
tā’ sabāre kṛpā kari’ āilā remuṇāre
There were many rivers on the way, and at each river there was a tax collector. The tax collectors did not hinder the Lord, however, and He showed them mercy. Finally He reached the village of Remuṇā.
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There were many rivers along the way, each with a tax collector. The collectors did not hinder the Lord, and He showed them mercy.
The Lord finally reached Remuṇā, a village five miles west of the railway station named Baleśvara.
The purport identifies the temple there as Kṣīra-corā-gopīnātha. Within it is the samādhi tomb of Rasikānanda Prabhu, the chief disciple of Śyāmānanda Gosvāmī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
In this way He reached the celebrated village of Remuṇā, where there is a Deity of Gopīnātha. There He narrated the story of Mādhavendra Purī, as He had heard it from His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can the Lord’s mercy toward the tax collectors guide my dealings with others?
Show kindness to one person you encounter while going about your day.
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