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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.19
পুত্রেও পিতার ঐছে না করে সেবন ।
তোমার প্ৰসাদে আমি না পাইলাম শ্রম ॥ ১৯ ॥
putreo pitāra aiche nā kare sevana
tomāra prasāde āmi nā pāilāma śrama
“Even my own son does not render such service. By your mercy, I did not become fatigued while on this tour.
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The older man said that even his own son did not render such service.
He credited the younger man's mercy for keeping him from becoming fatigued.
The younger man's assistance had made the tour less tiring for him.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 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:
The elderly brāhmaṇa was very satisfied with the service of the young brāhmaṇa, and he wanted to offer him his youngest daughter in marriage. The young brāhmaṇa received the promise of his elder before the Gopāla Deity of Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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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”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What help could I offer to make someone else's day less tiring?
Take on one small task that would ease another person's fatigue.
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