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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.27
কহিতে কহিতে প্রভুর দৈন্য বাড়িলা ।
‘শুদ্ধভক্তি’ কৃষ্ণ-ঠাঞি মাগিতে লাগিলা ॥ ২৭ ॥
kahite kahite prabhura dainya bāḍilā
‘śuddha-bhakti’ kṛṣṇa-ṭhāñi māgite lāgilā
As Lord Caitanya spoke in this way, His humility increased, and He began praying to Kṛṣṇa that He could discharge pure devotional service.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
As Lord Caitanya spoke about chanting, His humility increased.
He began praying to Kṛṣṇa that He could discharge pure devotional service.
His prayer expressed a desire to serve Kṛṣṇa rather than seek material rewards.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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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: “service”, “serve”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you most want to ask Kṛṣṇa for in prayer?
Offer a short prayer to Kṛṣṇa asking for pure devotional service.
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