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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.237
তোমা বিনা অন্য নাহি জীব উদ্ধারিতে ।
তোমা বিনা অন্য নাহি কৃষ্ণপ্রেম দিতে ॥’ ২৩৭ ॥
tomā vinā anya nāhi jīva uddhārite
tomā vinā anya nāhi kṛṣṇa-prema dite’
“But for You, there is no one who can deliver all the living entities, for You alone can deliver love of Kṛṣṇa.”
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The speaker declares that no one but the Lord can deliver all living entities.
The Lord alone can give love of Kṛṣṇa.
His power to deliver living entities is linked to His unique gift of love of Kṛṣṇa.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.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.
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: “deliver”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this prayer deepen my appreciation for the gift of love of Kṛṣṇa?
Offer a brief prayer asking the Lord for love of Kṛṣṇa.
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