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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī
Antya 4.193Antya 4.195

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.194

মর্ত্যো যদা ত্যক্তসমস্তকর্মা নিবেদিতাত্মা বিচিকীর্ষিতো মে ।

তদামৃতত্বং প্রতিপদ্যমানো ময়াত্মভূয়ায় চ কল্পতে বৈ ॥ ১৯৪ ॥

martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā

niveditātmā vicikīrṣito me

tadāmṛtatvaṁ pratipadyamāno

mayātma-bhūyāya ca kalpate vai

Translation

“ ‘The living entity who is subjected to birth and death attains immortality when he gives up all material activities, dedicates his life to the execution of My order, and acts according to My directions. In this way he becomes fit to enjoy the spiritual bliss derived from exchanging loving mellows with Me.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Awakened Spiritual Consciousness Enables Loving Service

  1. 1

    The living entity attains immortality by giving up material activities and dedicating life to the Lord’s orders. This makes one fit for the spiritual bliss of loving exchanges with Him.

  2. 2

    When desire for material sense gratification ceases, dormant spiritual consciousness awakens. The devotee’s body becomes spiritual, and Kṛṣṇa accepts his service.

  3. 3

    A pure devotee has no conception of material enjoyment. To consider his body material is vaiṣṇava-aparādha, an offense against a Vaiṣṇava.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus having attained knowledge and the spiritual platform, he always engages in the service of the spiritual body of Kṛṣṇa.
  • When one is freed from material connections in this way, his body immediately becomes spiritual, and Kṛṣṇa accepts his service.
  • This awakening of spiritual consciousness makes his body spiritual, and thus he becomes fit to render service to the Lord.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 4.194 quotesSB 11.29.34

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.29.34).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. martyaḥthe living entity subjected to birth and death
  2. yadāas soon as
  3. tyaktagiving up
  4. samastaall
  5. karmāḥfruitive activities
  6. nivedita-ātmāa fully surrendered soul
  7. vicikīrṣitaḥdesired to act
  8. meby Me
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

  • 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”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “pure devotee”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Where can I replace a desire for personal enjoyment with a sincere desire to serve Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Set aside one small pursuit of personal gratification today and use that time for Kṛṣṇa’s service.

Live this todayAwakened Spiritual Consciousness Enables Loving ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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