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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.97
কেহ পাপে, কেহ পুণ্যে করে বিষয়–ভোগ ।
ভক্তিগন্ধ নাহি, যাতে যায় ভবরোগ ॥ ৯৭ ॥
keha pāpe, keha puṇye kare viṣaya-bhoga
bhakti-gandha nāhi, yāte yāya bhava-roga
Everyone was engaged in material enjoyment, whether sinfully or virtuously. No one was interested in the transcendental service of the Lord, which can give total relief from the repetition of birth and death.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya saw people engaged in material piety and impiety, without devotional service. Both kinds of activity were directed toward material enjoyment.
Material necessities are supplied by the Supreme Lord’s mercy. The real scarcity is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, though mismanagement can make us feel material scarcity.
Birth, disease, old age and death are material diseases that can be cured only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Devotional service offers total relief from repeated birth and death.
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:
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. Therefore Advaita requested Lord Kṛṣṇa to appear 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”
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: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How much attention do I give to Kṛṣṇa consciousness compared with material enjoyment?
Set aside a few minutes today for devotional service rather than material enjoyment.
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