Text 193] Lord Caitanya Meets Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 287

svarupadi saba bhaktera carana vandila
prabhu-krpa dekhi’ sabe dlingana kaild

SYNONYMS

svaruipa-adi—headed by Svaripa Damodara; saba bhaktera—of all the devo-
tees; carana vandila—offered prayers to the lotus feet; prabhu-krpa—the mercy
of Lord Caitanya; dekhi’—seeing; sabe—all of them; alingana kaila—embraced.

TRANSLATION

Raghunatha dasa offered prayers at the lotus feet of all the devotees, headed
by Svaripa Damodara Gosvami. Seeing the special mercy Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu had bestowed upon Raghunatha dasa, they embraced him also.

TEXT 193

AE BS —“ SHS als Hal CAs
Coraica afer faaa-fasi-ts tars i” sae t

prabhu kahe, —“krsna-krpa balistha saba haite
tomare kadila visaya-vistha-garta haite”

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; krsna-krpa—the mercy of
Lord Krsna; balistha—more powerful; saba haite—than anything; tomare—you;
kadila—He has delivered; visaya—of material enjoyment; vistha—of stool; gar-
ta—the ditch; haite—from.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘The mercy of Lord Krsna is stronger
than anything else. Therefore the Lord has delivered you from the ditch of ma-
terialistic 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 accord-
ing to a certain material standard, but the mercy of Lord Krsna is so powerful that
the Lord can change all the reactions of one’s past karma, or fruitive activities. Lord
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu specifically drew attention to the mercy of Lord Krsna.
That mercy is more powerful than anything else, for it had saved Raghunatha dasa
from the strong bondage of materialistic life, which the Lord compared to a hole
where people pass stool. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave His verdict that those ad-
