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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.281
আপনে আইলে মোরে করিতে উদ্ধার ।
এবে কপট কর, — তোমার কোন ব্যবহার ॥ ২৮১ ॥
āpane āile more karite uddhāra
ebe kapaṭa kara, — tomāra kona vyavahāra
“My dear Lord, by Your causeless mercy You have appeared before me to grant me liberation. Now You are playing in a duplicitous way. What is the reason for this behavior?”
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Rāmānanda Rāya says that the Lord has appeared before him by His causeless mercy.
He understands that the Lord has come to grant him liberation.
He asks why the Lord is now playing in a duplicitous way.
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.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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How does Rāmānanda Rāya acknowledge mercy while expressing his puzzlement?
Read the verse once, noticing both Rāmānanda Rāya’s recognition of mercy and his honest question.
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