Text 119] The Lord’s Return to Jagannatha Puri 167

SYNONYMS

hela—very easily; uddhdnita—driven away; khedayd—lamentation;
visadaya—which purifies everything; pronmilat—awakening; amodayd—tran-
scendental bliss; samyat—mitigating; sastra—of revealed scriptures; vivadaya—
disagreements; rasa-dayd—distributing all transcendental mellows; citta—in the
heart; arpita—fixed; unmadayad—jubilation; sasvat—always; bhakti—devotional
service; vinodaya—stimulating; sa-madaya—full of ecstasy; madhurya—of con-
jugal love; maryadaya—the limit; sri-caitanya—O Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
dayd-nidhe—ocean of mercy; tava—Your; daya—mercy; bhiyat—let it be;
amanda—of good fortune; udaya—in which there is awakening.

TRANSLATION

“O ocean of mercy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Let there be an awakening of
Your auspicious mercy, which easily drives away all kinds of material lamenta-
tion. By Your mercy, everything is made pure and blissful. It awakens tran-
scendental bliss and covers all gross material pleasures. By Your auspicious
mercy, quarrels and disagreements arising among different scriptures are van-
quished. Your auspicious mercy causes the heart to jubilate by pouring forth
transcendental mellows. Your mercy always stimulates devotional service,
which is full of joy. You are always glorifying the conjugal love of God. May
transcendental bliss be awakened within my heart by Your causeless mercy.”

PURPORT

This important verse quoted from Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka (8.10)
specifically describes the Lord’s causeless mercy. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Thakura explains that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the most magnanimous
Personality of Godhead, distributes His causeless mercy in three ways to the con-
ditioned soul. Every living entity is morose in the material world because he is al-
ways in want. He undergoes a great struggle for existence and tries to minimize
his miserable condition by squeezing the utmost pleasure out of this world.
However, the living entity is never successful in this endeavor. While in a mis-
erable condition, a person sometimes seeks the favor of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, but this is very difficult for materialistic people to obtain. However,
when one becomes Krsna conscious by the grace of the Lord, the flavor of the
lotus feet of the Lord expands, and in this way a materialist may gain freedom
from his miseries. Actually his mind is cleansed by his transcendental connection
with the lotus feet of the Lord. At such a time one is enlightened by the loving ser-
vice of the Lord.

There are many different kinds of scripture, and by reading them one often be-
comes puzzled. However, when one receives the mercy of the Lord, his confusion
is mitigated. Not only are scriptural disparities resolved, but a kind of transcenden-
