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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.176
‘দ্বৈতে’ ভদ্রাভদ্র-জ্ঞান, সব — ‘মনোধর্ম’ ।
‘এই ভাল, এই মন্দ’, — এই সব ‘ভ্রম’ ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
‘dvaite’ bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba — ‘manodharma’
‘ei bhāla, ei manda’, — ei saba ‘bhrama’
“In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations. Therefore, saying ‘This is good’ and ‘This is bad’ is all a mistake.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the Absolute Truth and eternally exists with His different energies.
When absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s illusory energy, a person cannot understand Kṛṣṇa or ascertain what is truly good or bad for them.
Forgetting that one is Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servant leads to plans for material enjoyment. Judging these plans as good or bad is mental speculation; they are all false.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.22.14
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 4.176) it is said: ‘dvaite’ bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba — ‘manodharma’
Quoted in the purport ofSB 5.9.11
As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: ‘dvaite’ bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba-‘manodharma’
Quoted in the purport ofSB 6.17.30
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 4.176) it is said: “dvaite” bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba — “manodharma”
Quoted in the purport ofSB 9.13.27
The Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 4.176) says: ‘dvaite’ bhadrābhadra-jñāna, saba — ‘manodharma’
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
Therefore the moisture oozing from Sanātana’s itching skin did not affect the Lord at all. After speaking with Sanātana Gosvāmī in this way, the Lord again embraced him, and after this embrace, Sanātana Gosvāmī became free from the disease.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would remembering that I am Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servant change one plan I am making?
Before making one choice today, remind yourself, “I am an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa,” and consider how that choice can support service.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 12 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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