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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.37
তোমার কৃপায় তোমায় করায় নিন্দ্যকর্ম ।
সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর তুমি, কে জানে তোমার মর্ম ॥ ৩৭ ॥
tomāra kṛpāya tomāya karāya nindya-karma
sākṣāt īśvara tumi, ke jāne tomāra marma
“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself; therefore no one can understand Your purpose. By Your mercy You are touching me, although this is not sanctioned by the Vedas.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker recognizes the Lord as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, whose purpose no one can understand.
A sannyāsī is strictly forbidden to see the viṣayīs, or materialistic people.
Yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of His boundless and causeless mercy, could favor anyone, regardless of birth and position.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.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: “mercy”, “favor”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does mercy that is independent of birth and position deepen your hope?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s boundless and causeless mercy.
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