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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.38
আমা নিস্তারিতে তোমার ইহাঁ আগমন ।
পরম-দয়ালু তুমি পতিত-পাবন ॥ ৩৮ ॥
āmā nistārite tomāra ihāṅ āgamana
parama-dayālu tumi patita-pāvana
“You have come here specifically to deliver me. You are so merciful that You alone can deliver all fallen souls.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker understands that the Lord has come specifically to deliver him.
He recognizes the Lord as deeply merciful.
His praise reaches beyond himself: the Lord alone can deliver all fallen souls.
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:
Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “merciful”, “deliver”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s ability to deliver all fallen souls give you hope?
Offer a short prayer asking for the Lord’s merciful help, remembering that His mercy can reach all fallen souls.
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