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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.144
পঞ্চম পুরুষার্থ সেই প্রেম–মহাধন ।
কৃষ্ণের মাধুর্য–রস করায় আস্বাদন ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
pañcama puruṣārtha sei prema-mahādhana
kṛṣṇera mādhurya-rasa karāya āsvādana
“Love of Godhead is so exalted that it is considered to be the fifth goal of human life. By awakening one’s love of Godhead, one can attain the platform of conjugal love, tasting it even during the present span of life.
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The four commonly known goals of life are religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Devotional service stands above liberation.
Love of Godhead is the fifth goal of human life. By awakening it, one can taste conjugal love even during this life.
One who is actually liberated can understand kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Godhead. Yet out of millions of liberated persons, one may become a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
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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 of godhead”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “conjugal”
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 placing love of Godhead above liberation change my understanding of life's goal?
Write down love of Godhead as your highest goal, and choose one act of devotional service to support it today.
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