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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.92
তার মধ্যে মোক্ষবাঞ্ছা কৈতবপ্রধান ।
যাহা হৈতে কৃষ্ণভক্তি হয় অন্তর্ধান ॥ ৯২ ॥
tāra madhye mokṣa-vāñchā kaitava-pradhāna
yāhā haite kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya antardhāna
The foremost process of cheating is to desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Supreme, for this causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Desiring liberation by merging into the Supreme is called the foremost process of cheating.
The purport describes the desire to merge into impersonal Brahman as the subtlest type of atheism, disguised as liberation.
Encouraging this desire makes one unable to follow the path of devotional service. It causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
The mood of Ādi 1 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:
Finally, there is the Supreme Lord Himself, who is the fountainhead of all these manifestations. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His plenary expansions are all in the category of the Lord Himself, the energetic Absolute Truth, whereas His devotees, His eternal associates, are His energies.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is preserving loving service to Kṛṣṇa more important than seeking to merge into the Supreme?
Take one minute to express your wish for loving service to Kṛṣṇa rather than liberation through merging.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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