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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.267
এক সংশয় মোর আছয়ে হৃদয়ে ।
কৃপা করি’ কহ মোরে তাহার নিশ্চয়ে ॥ ২৬৭ ॥
eka saṁśaya mora āchaye hṛdaye
kṛpā kari’ kaha more tāhāra niścaye
Rāmānanda Rāya then said that he had but one doubt within his heart, and he petitioned the Lord, “Please be merciful upon me and just remove my doubt.”
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Rāmānanda Rāya said that one doubt remained within his heart.
He openly brought that doubt before the Lord.
He asked the Lord to be merciful and remove his doubt.
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:
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.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
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In this verse: “merciful”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What doubt would you like to bring honestly before the Lord?
Write down one spiritual doubt and offer a simple prayer for mercy and understanding.
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