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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.113
বৃদ্ধ মাতা-পিতার যাই’ করহ সেবন ।
বৈষ্ণব-পাশ ভাগবত কর অধ্যয়ন ॥ ১১৩ ॥
vṛddha mātā-pitāra yāi’ karaha sevana
vaiṣṇava-pāśa bhāgavata kara adhyayana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, “When you return home, serve your aged father and mother, who are devotees, and try to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from a pure Vaiṣṇava who has realized God.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, instructed Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from a pure Vaiṣṇava who has realized God, not from professional men.
The Lord asked him to serve his aged mother and father specifically because they were Vaiṣṇavas. Their service was service to devotees.
Anyone wishing to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness must try to serve Kṛṣṇa’s devotees. The purport emphasizes that serving a self-realized Vaiṣṇava is essential for release from materialistic life.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
When Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita. Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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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: “serve”, “service”, “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give more attention to serving devotees and learning from a realized Vaiṣṇava?
Offer one small, practical service to a devotee today.
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