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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.91
দ্বৌ ভূতসর্গৌ লোকেঽস্মিন্ দৈব আসুর এব চ ।
বিষ্ণুভক্তঃ স্মৃতো দৈব আসুরস্তদ্বিপর্যয়ঃ ॥ ৯১ ॥
dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin
daiva āsura eva ca
viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ smṛto daiva
āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ
“There are two classes of men in the created world. One consists of the demoniac and the other of the godly. The devotees of Lord Viṣṇu are the godly, whereas those who are just the opposite are called demons.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Devotees of Lord Viṣṇu, or devotees in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, are called devas. Those who deny God or declare themselves God are called asuras.
Asuras use material resources for personal sense gratification. Devotees work to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead through devotional service.
Both groups may outwardly work in the same way and work conscientiously. Their purposes are opposite because their consciousness is different.
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:
He felt sorry for the condition of the world because even after Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, no one had interest in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. This forgetfulness was so overwhelming that Advaita Prabhu was convinced that no one but Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself could enlighten people about devotional service to the Supreme Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
Learn the words of the 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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Whose satisfaction is the main purpose of my work?
Before one activity today, pause and consider how to do it for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord rather than personal sense gratification.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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