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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.146
কিন্তু আছিলাঙ ভাল অধম হঞা ।
এবে অহঙ্কার মোর জন্মিবে আসিয়া ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
kintu āchilāṅ bhāla adhama hañā
ebe ahaṅkāra mora janmibe āsiyā
Being meek and humble, the brāhmaṇa Vāsudeva worried that he would become proud after being cured by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vāsudeva was meek and humble.
He had been cured by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
After being cured, he worried that he might become proud.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”, “meek”
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: “grace”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When your circumstances improve, do you become more grateful or more proud?
Notice one favorable circumstance today and pause to be grateful rather than taking pride in it.
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