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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.14
চিরকাল নাহি করি প্রেমভক্তি দান ।
ভক্তি বিনা জগতের নাহি অবস্থান ॥ ১৪ ॥
cira-kāla nāhi kari prema-bhakti dāna
bhakti vinā jagatera nāhi avasthāna
“For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon the inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the existence of the material world is useless.
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Kṛṣṇa says that for a long time He has not bestowed unalloyed loving service upon the inhabitants of the world. The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love.
Without such loving attachment to Him, the existence of the material world is useless.
Perfection in life requires pure love of God. This love is free from fruitive activities and empiric speculation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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 incarnation for this age especially preaches this process, but only Kṛṣṇa Himself can explain the confidential loving service performed in the four principal varieties of loving affairs between the Supreme Lord and His devotees. Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore personally appeared, with His plenary portions, as Lord Caitanya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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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”
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: “pure love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where do you notice a desire for personal results rather than pure loving service?
Offer a brief prayer asking for loving service to Kṛṣṇa without seeking a material reward.
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