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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.102
আপনে আচরে কেহ, না করে প্রচার ।
প্রচার করেন কেহ, না করেন আচার ॥ ১০২ ॥
āpane ācare keha, nā kare pracāra
pracāra karena keha, nā karena ācāra
“Some behave very well but do not preach the cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, whereas others preach but do not behave properly.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Some people behave very well but do not preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Others preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness but do not behave properly.
The contrast highlights the need for both proper personal behavior and sharing devotional teachings.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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:
I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.” After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my behavior support the devotional teachings I speak about?
Choose one devotional teaching you share with others and consciously put it into practice today.
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