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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.275
যশোদানন্দন হৈলা শচীর নন্দন ।
চতুর্বিধ ভক্ত–ভাব করে আস্বাদন ॥ ২৭৫ ॥
yaśodā-nandana hailā śacīra nandana
catur-vidha bhakta-bhāva kare āsvādana
The same Supreme Personality of Godhead who appeared as the son of mother Yaśodā has now appeared as the son of mother Śacī, relishing four kinds of devotional activities.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The same Supreme Personality of Godhead who appeared as the son of mother Yaśodā has appeared as the son of mother Śacī.
He relishes four kinds of devotional activities, based on servitude, friendship, parental affection and conjugal love.
In śānta, the marginal stage of devotional service, there is no activity. The four relationships above śānta represent the gradual growth of devotional service to higher platforms.
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:
But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible. There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency.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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servitude”, “parental”, “conjugal”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yaśodā”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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How does this passage deepen my understanding of devotional service as a loving relationship?
Write down the four kinds of devotional relationships named in the purport.
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