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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 Antya 10.100
এই সব হয় ভক্তিশাস্ত্র-সূক্ষ্ম মর্ম ।
চৈতন্যের কৃপায় জানে এই সব ধর্ম ॥ ১০০ ॥
ei saba haya bhakti-śāstra-sūkṣma marma
caitanyera kṛpāya jāne ei saba dharma
These are some of the finer points of etiquette in devotional service. Only one who has received the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu can understand these principles.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Only one who has received Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy can understand the finer points of etiquette in devotional service.
Karmīs, or fruitive workers, accept devotional service’s ritualistic value without understanding how it satisfies the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They regard religion, economic development, sensual satisfaction and liberation as everything, although these are material results.
Karmīs who loosely adopt devotional service while remaining on the material platform are called prākṛta-sahajiyās. Pure devotional service in parental and conjugal love is understood only through the special mercy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestows upon pure devotees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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:
Somehow or other Govinda, the personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, crossed over the Lord’s body and massaged His feet. Govinda could not go out that day, however, and therefore he was unable to accept prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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”
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”
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: “parental”, “conjugal”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are you approaching devotional service to satisfy the Lord or mainly to gain results for yourself?
Before a devotional activity today, pray for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy to serve for the Lord’s satisfaction.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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