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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.126
কৃপা কর, প্রভু, মোরে, যাঙ তোমা-সঙ্গে ।
সহিতে না পারি দুঃখ বিষয়-তরঙ্গে ॥’ ১২৬ ॥
kṛpā kara, prabhu, more, yāṅ tomā-saṅge
sahite nā pāri duḥkha viṣaya-taraṅge’
The brāhmaṇa begged Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “My dear Lord, kindly show me favor and let me go with You. I can no longer tolerate the waves of misery caused by materialistic life.”
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The materialistic way of life causes a burning in the heart, regardless of how rich or prosperous one may be.
Even an opulent person must take much trouble to meet the demands of the body, family members and subordinates.
One cannot relish transcendental bliss without becoming free from the materialistic way of life. Kūrma wanted to leave his material opulences and travel with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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In this verse: “favor”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where do you notice that material comfort does not remove trouble from the heart?
Write down one material comfort you rely on and one trouble it cannot resolve.
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