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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.89
পশ্চিমের লোক সব মূঢ় অনাচার ।
তাহাঁ প্রচারিল দোঁহে ভক্তি–সদাচার ॥ ৮৯ ॥
paścimera loka saba mūḍha anācāra
tāhāṅ pracārila doṅhe bhakti-sadācāra
The people in general on the western side of India were neither intelligent nor well behaved, but by the influence of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī they were trained in devotional service and good behavior.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī very kindly taught devotional service in western India. Through their influence, people were trained in devotional service and good behavior.
Following in their footsteps, propagators of the Caitanya cult spread the saṅkīrtana movement in Western countries. They also teach the principles of Vaiṣṇava behavior, purifying and reforming many people.
The purport describes devotees in Western countries giving up illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. This change in habits is part of their training in devotional behavior.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.25.52
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself has certified, paścimera loka saba mūḍha anācāra: the more one goes to the western side, the more he will find people disinterested in spiritual life.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can your daily behavior better support your devotional practice?
Review the four habits named in the purport and choose one concrete way to avoid supporting them today.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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