Text 193] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
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svarūpādi saba bhaktera caraṇa vandilā prabhu-kṛpā dekhi' sabe āliṅgana kailā
SYNONYMS
svarūpa-ādi —headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara;  saba bhaktera —of all the devotees;  caraṇa vandilā —offered prayers to the lotus feet;  prabhu-kṛpā —the mercy of Lord Caitanya;  dekhi' —seeing;  sabe —all of them;  āliṅgana kailā —embraced.
TRANSLATION
Raghunātha dāsa offered prayers at the lotus feet of all the devotees, headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī. Seeing the special mercy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had bestowed upon Raghunātha dāsa, they embraced him also.
TEXT 193
প্রভু কহে,—“কৃষ্ণকৃপা বলিষ্ঠ সবা হৈতে । তোমারে কাড়িল বিষয়-বিষ্ঠা-গর্ত হৈতে ॥” ১৯৩ ॥
prabhu kahe, —“kṛṣṇa-kṛpā baliṣṭha sabā haite tomāre kāḍila viṣaya-viṣṭhā-garta haite”
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said;  kṛṣṇa-kṛpā —the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  baliṣṭha —more powerful;  sabā haite —than anything;  tomāre —you;  kāḍila —He has delivered;  viṣaya —of material enjoyment;  viṣṭhā —of stool;  garta —the ditch;  haite —from.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “The mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa is stronger than anything else. Therefore the Lord has delivered you from the ditch of materialistic life, which is like a hole into which people pass stool.”
PURPORT
According to the law of  karma , everyone is destined to suffer or enjoy according to a certain material standard, but the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa is so powerful that the Lord can change all the reactions of one’s past  karma , or fruitive activities. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu specifically drew attention to the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa. That mercy is more powerful than anything else, for it had saved Raghunātha dāsa from the strong bondage of materialistic life, which the Lord compared to a hole where people pass stool. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave His verdict that those ad-