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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.17
ঐশ্বর্যজ্ঞানে বিধি–ভজন করিয়া ।
বৈকুন্ঠকে যায় চতুর্বিধ মুক্তি পাঞা ॥ ১৭ ॥
aiśvarya-jñāne vidhi-bhajana kariyā
vaikuṇṭhake yāya catur-vidha mukti pāñā
“By performing such regulated devotional service in awe and veneration, one may go to Vaikuṇṭha and attain the four kinds of liberation.
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Regulated devotional service is performed in awe and veneration.
Through such devotional service, one may go to Vaikuṇṭha.
One may also attain the four kinds of liberation through this service.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I bring greater reverence to my devotional service?
Perform one act of devotional service today with deliberate care and reverence.
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