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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.215
মহা-দুঃখ হইতে মোরে করিলা নিস্তার ।
আজি মোর ঘরে ভিক্ষা কর অঙ্গীকার ॥ ২১৫ ॥
mahā-duḥkha ha-ite more karilā nistāra
āji mora ghare bhikṣā kara aṅgīkāra
“My dear Sir, You have delivered me from a very unhappy condition. I request that You take Your lunch at my place. Please accept this invitation.
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The brāhmaṇa said that the Lord had delivered him from a very unhappy condition.
He requested that the Lord take lunch at his place.
He asked the Lord to accept this invitation.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
From there He visited a place known as Pampā-sarovara and visited Pañcavaṭī, Nāsika, Brahmagiri and also the source of the Godāvarī River, Kuśāvarta. Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you express gratitude through a simple act of hospitality?
Thank someone who has helped you and offer them a simple meal or refreshment.
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