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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.211
প্রভু কহে, — ‘তুমি ভক্ত, তোমার সঙ্গ হৈতে ।
জগন্নাথ ইঁহারে কৃপা কৈল ভালমতে ॥’ ২১১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ‘tumi bhakta, tomāra saṅga haite
jagannātha iṅhāre kṛpā kaila bhāla-mate’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “You are a devotee. Because of your association, Lord Jagannātha has shown him mercy.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognized the person He addressed as a devotee.
He said that Lord Jagannātha had shown mercy.
He connected that mercy with the devotee’s association.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya thus became a pure Vaiṣṇava, and the other learned scholars there followed him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I better appreciate the association of devotees?
Today, thank a devotee whose association you value.
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