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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.245

ভট্টাচার্য কহে তাঁরে করি’ নমস্কারে ।

তোমার সম্বন্ধে প্রভু কৃপা কৈল মোরে ॥ ২৪৫ ॥

bhaṭṭācārya kahe tāṅre kari’ namaskāre

tomāra sambandhe prabhu kṛpā kaila more

Translation

Offering his obeisances to Gopīnātha Ācārya, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because I am related to you and you are a devotee, by your mercy the Lord has shown mercy to me.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognizing Mercy Through a Devotee

  1. 1

    The Bhaṭṭācārya offered his obeisances to Gopīnātha Ācārya.

  2. 2

    He acknowledged Gopīnātha Ācārya as a devotee and recognized their relationship.

  3. 3

    He credited Gopīnātha Ācārya’s mercy with bringing him the Lord’s mercy.

How it feels

Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.

The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Bhaṭṭācārya then recited one hundred verses in praise of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and offered his obeisances. After this, Gopīnātha Ācārya and all the others, having seen the wonderful potencies of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, became very joyful.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhaṭṭācārya kaheSārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya replied
  2. tāṅreunto Gopīnātha Ācārya
  3. kari’doing
  4. namaskāreobeisances
  5. tomāra sambandheon account of your relationship
  6. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kṛpāmercy
  8. kailashowed
  9. moreunto me
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Key ideas in this 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”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīnātha”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “relationship”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Whose devotional help can I acknowledge with gratitude?

Practice

Thank a devotee who has helped you draw closer to the Lord.

Live this todayRecognizing Mercy Through a DevoteeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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