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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.236
‘মোরে কৃপা করিতে তোমার ইহাঁ আগমন ।
দিন দশ রহি’ শোধ মোর দুষ্ট মন ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
‘more kṛpā karite tomāra ihāṅ āgamana
dina daśa rahi’ śodha mora duṣṭa mana
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya said, “You have come here just to show me Your causeless mercy. Therefore stay here for at least ten days and purify my polluted mind.
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Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya understood the Lord’s visit as an expression of His causeless mercy.
He asked the Lord to remain there for at least ten days.
He requested that the Lord purify his polluted mind.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya also explained that all stages of conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the residents of Vṛndāvana, especially by the mercy of the gopīs. All these subject matters were thus vividly described.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I acknowledge my need for the Lord’s mercy without hiding the impurities of my mind?
Offer a simple prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking for His mercy to purify your mind.
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