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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 7.107

প্রভুর কৃপায় হয় মহাভাগবত ।

সেই সব আচার্য হঞা তারিল জগৎ ॥ ১০৭ ॥

prabhura kṛpāya haya mahābhāgavata

sei saba ācārya hañā tārila jagat

Translation

By the mercy of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, everyone became a first-class devotee. Later they became teachers or spiritual masters and liberated the entire world.

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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.

The Lord’s Mercy Makes Devotees

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described as the Supreme Lord.

  2. 2

    By His mercy, everyone became a first-class devotee.

  3. 3

    Later, these devotees became teachers or spiritual masters and liberated the entire world.

How it feels

Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.

The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

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

While there, He bestowed His causeless mercy upon a brāhmaṇa called Kūrma and cured another brāhmaṇa, named Vāsudeva, who was suffering from leprosy. After curing this brāhmaṇa leper, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received the title Vāsudevāmṛta-prada, meaning “one who delivered nectar to the leper Vāsudeva.”
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhura kṛpāyaby the mercy of the Lord
  2. hayabecome
  3. mahā-bhāgavatafirst-class devotees
  4. sei sabaall such persons
  5. ācāryateachers
  6. hañābecoming
  7. tārilaliberated
  8. jagatthe whole world
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse help me appreciate the Lord’s mercy in a devotee’s life?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer asking Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His mercy to become a sincere devotee.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Mercy Makes DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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