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Mahāprabhu's mercy to Vāsudeva — exact verses

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.136

‘বাসুদেব’-নাম এক দ্বিজ মহাশয় ।
সর্বাঙ্গে গলিত কুষ্ঠ, তাতে কীড়াময় ॥ ১৩৬ ॥

‘vāsudeva’-nāma eka dvija mahāśaya sarvāṅge galita kuṣṭha, tāte kīḍā-maya

There was also a brāhmaṇa named Vāsudeva, who was a great person but was suffering from leprosy. Indeed, his body was filled with living worms.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.137

অঙ্গ হৈতে যেই কীড়া খসিয়া পড়য় ।
উঠাঞা সেই কীড়া রাখে সেই ঠাঞ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

aṅga haite yei kīḍā khasiyā paḍaya uṭhāñā sei kīḍā rākhe sei ṭhāña

Although suffering from leprosy, the brāhmaṇa Vāsudeva was enlightened. As soon as one worm fell from his body, he would pick it up and place it back again in the same location.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.138

রাত্রিতে শুনিলা তেঁহো গোসাঞির আগমন ।
দেখিবারে আইলা প্রভাতে কূর্মের ভবন ॥ ১৩৮ ॥

rātrite śunilā teṅho gosāñira āgamana dekhibāre āilā prabhāte kūrmera bhavana

Then one night Vāsudeva heard of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s arrival, and in the morning he came to see the Lord at the house of Kūrma.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.139

প্রভুর গমন কূর্ম-মুখেতে শুনিঞা ।
ভূমিতে পড়িলা দুঃখে মূর্চ্ছিত হঞা ॥ ১৩৯ ॥

prabhura gamana kūrma-mukhete śuniñā bhūmite paḍilā duḥkhe mūrcchita hañā

When the leper Vāsudeva came to Kūrma’s house to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he was informed that the Lord had already left. The leper then fell to the ground unconscious.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.140

অনেক প্রকার বিলাপ করিতে লাগিলা ।
সেইক্ষণে আসি’ প্রভু তাঁরে আলিঙ্গিলা ॥ ১৪০ ॥

aneka prakāra vilāpa karite lāgilā sei-kṣaṇe āsi’ prabhu tāṅre āliṅgilā

When Vāsudeva, the leper brāhmaṇa, was lamenting due to not being able to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord immediately returned to that spot and embraced him.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.141

প্রভু-স্পর্শে দুঃখ-সঙ্গে কুষ্ঠ দূরে গেল ।
আনন্দ সহিতে অঙ্গ সুন্দর হইল ॥ ১৪১ ॥

prabhu-sparśe duḥkha-saṅge kuṣṭha dūre gela ānanda sahite aṅga sundara ha-ila

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu touched him, both the leprosy and his distress went to a distant place. Indeed, Vāsudeva’s body became very beautiful, to his great happiness.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.142

প্রভুর কৃপা দেখি’ তাঁর বিস্ময় হৈল মন ।
শ্লোক পড়ি’ পায়ে ধরি, করয়ে স্তবন ॥ ১৪২ ॥

prabhura kṛpā dekhi’ tāṅra vismaya haila mana śloka paḍi’ pāye dhari, karaye stavana

The brāhmaṇa Vāsudeva was astonished to behold the wonderful mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he began to recite a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, touching the Lord’s lotus feet.

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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 7.143

ক্বাহং দরিদ্রঃ পাপীয়ান্ ক্ব কৃষ্ণঃ শ্রীনিকেতনঃ ।
ব্রহ্মবন্ধুরিতি স্মাহং বাহুভ্যাং পরিরম্ভিতঃ ॥ ১৪৩ ॥

kvāhaṁ daridraḥ pāpīyān kva kṛṣṇaḥ śrī-niketanaḥ brahma-bandhur iti smāhaṁ bāhubhyāṁ parirambhitaḥ

He said, “ ‘Who am I? A sinful, poor friend of a brāhmaṇa. And who is Kṛṣṇa? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Nonetheless, He has embraced me with His two arms.’ ”

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