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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 20.37
“প্রেমধন বিনা ব্যর্থ দরিদ্র জীবন ।
‘দাস’ করি’ বেতন মোরে দেহ প্রেমধন ।।” ৩৭ ।। ॥ ৩৭ ॥
“prema-dhana vinā vyartha daridra jīvana
‘dāsa’ kari’ vetana more deha prema-dhana”
“Without love of Godhead, My life is useless. Therefore I pray that You accept Me as Your servant and give Me the salary of ecstatic love of God.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker considers life without love of Godhead useless.
The prayer asks the Lord to accept the speaker as His servant.
The requested “salary” for service is ecstatic love of God.
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:
In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses.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.
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”, “ecstatic love”
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: “servant”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What reward do you most deeply seek in serving the Lord?
Pray today, “Please accept me as Your servant and give me love of God.”
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