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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru
Ādi 8.57Ādi 8.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.58

যস্যাস্তি ভক্তির্ভগবত্যকিঞ্চনা

সর্বৈর্গুণৈস্তত্র সমাসতে সুরাঃ ।

হরাবভক্তস্য কুতো মহদ্‌গুণা

মনোরথেনাসতি ধাবতো বহিঃ ॥ ৫৮ ॥

yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā

sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ

harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā

mano-rathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ

Translation

“In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa, all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods are consistently manifested. However, one who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications because he is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, which is the external feature of the Lord.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Good Qualities Arise from Unflinching Devotion

  1. 1

    In one with unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa, the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods are consistently manifested.

  2. 2

    One who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications.

  3. 3

    Without devotion, one is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, the Lord’s external feature.

How it feels

Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.

The mood of Ādi 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yasyaone who
  2. astihas
  3. bhaktiḥdevotional service
  4. bhagavatiunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  5. akiñcanāwithout motive
  6. sarvaiḥall
  7. guṇaiḥqualities
  8. tatrathere
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How much do I depend on devotion to Kṛṣṇa rather than my own mental concoction?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to express your desire for unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayGood Qualities Arise from Unflinching DevotionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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