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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.266
প্রণতিতে হ’বে ইহার অপরাধ ক্ষয় ।
নির্মল হৃদয়ে ভক্তি করাইব উদয় ॥ ২৬৬ ॥
praṇatite ha’be ihāra aparādha kṣaya
nirmala hṛdaye bhakti karāiba udaya
“Offering obeisances will relieve them of all the reactions to their offenses. Then, by My grace, devotional service [bhakti] will awaken in their pure hearts.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In the Vaiṣṇava system, a person from any part of the world may become a brāhmaṇa through regular initiation. With brahminical behavior, including abstinence from intoxication, illicit sex, meat-eating and gambling, he may be offered sannyāsa.
The purport identifies the sannyāsīs of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement as regular brāhmaṇa-sannyāsīs. Birth should not be an objection to offering them respectful obeisances.
Offering obeisances, especially to Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs, diminishes offenses and purifies the heart. By the Lord’s grace, devotional service awakens, and only in a purified heart can kṛṣṇa-prema awaken.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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”, “offered”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I cultivate respect that supports a purified heart and devotional service?
Offer a respectful obeisance to a Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī today, in person or in thought.
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