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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.265
রাগমার্গে ভক্ত ভক্তি করে যে প্রকারে ।
তাহা শিখাইব লীলা–আচরণ–দ্বারে ॥ ২৬৫ ॥
rāga-mārge bhakta bhakti kare ye prakāre
tāhā śikhāila līlā-ācaraṇa-dvāre
“I taught devotional service that springs from the devotees’ spontaneous love by demonstrating it with My pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord taught devotional service.
This service springs from the devotees’ spontaneous love.
He demonstrated that service through His own pastimes.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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:
Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was the principal figure among Lord Caitanya’s confidential devotees. The records of his diary have revealed these confidential purposes of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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 does this verse connect devotional service with spontaneous love?
Before one act of devotional service today, pause to reflect on love as its source.
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