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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 13.64Ādi 13.66

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.65

সর্বশাস্ত্রে কহে কৃষ্ণভক্তির ব্যাখ্যান ।

জ্ঞান, যোগ, তপো–ধর্ম নাহি মানে আন ॥ ৬৫ ॥

sarva-śāstre kahe kṛṣṇa-bhaktira vyākhyāna

jñāna, yoga, tapo-dharma nāhi māne āna

Translation

In all the revealed scriptures of Vedic culture, devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa is explained throughout. Therefore devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa do not recognize the processes of philosophical speculation, mystic yoga, unnecessary austerity and so-called religious rituals. They do not accept any process but devotional service.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Alone Is the Accepted Path

  1. 1

    Devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa is explained throughout the revealed scriptures of Vedic culture.

  2. 2

    Devotees accept no process but devotional service. They do not recognize philosophical speculation, mystic yoga, unnecessary austerity or so-called religious rituals as their path.

  3. 3

    The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement follows this principle without compromise. It stands on devotional service and preaches the same principles all over the world.

Key points from the purport
  • We do not recognize any method for spiritual realization other than Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service.
  • Sometimes we are criticized by groups following jñāna, yoga, tapas or dharma, but fortunately we are unable to make any compromises with them.
  • We simply stand on the platform of devotional service and preach the same principles all over the world.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.

The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 13: The Advent of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sarva-śāstrein all revealed scriptures
  2. kahesays
  3. kṛṣṇa-bhaktiraof devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. vyākhyānaexplanation
  5. jñānaphilosophical speculation
  6. yogamystic haṭha-yoga
  7. tapasausterities
  8. dharmareligious procedures
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Key ideas in this 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where could you make devotional service more clearly the focus of your spiritual efforts?

Practice

Set aside five minutes today specifically for devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayDevotional Service Alone Is the Accepted PathThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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