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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.70
চৈতন্য–রহিত দেহ—শুষ্ককাষ্ঠ–সম ।
জীবিতেই মৃত সেই, মৈলে দণ্ডে যম ॥ ৭০ ॥
caitanya-rahita deha — śuṣkakāṣṭha-sama
jīvitei mṛta sei, maile daṇḍe yama
A person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness is no better than dry wood or a dead body. He is understood to be dead while living, and after death he is punishable by Yamarāja.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness is compared to dry wood or a dead body. Yamarāja directs his assistants to bring those who never describe the Lord’s qualities and holy name, remember Kṛṣṇa and His lotus feet with feeling, or bow before Him.
After death, nondevotees are brought before Yamarāja for justice. Material nature then gives them bodies suitable for the reactions of their past activities; this change of body is called dehāntara.
Kṛṣṇa conscious devotees are not subject to Yamarāja’s judgment. After leaving the body, a devotee returns home, back to Godhead, in a spiritual body rather than accepting another material body.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 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:
The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it. Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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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: “holy name”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I more sincerely engage my tongue, heart, and body in devotion to Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a quiet minute chanting Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, remembering His lotus feet, and offering obeisances.
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