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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 4.56
দেহত্যাগে কৃষ্ণ না পাই, পাইয়ে ভজনে ।
কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্ত্যের উপায় কোন নাহি ‘ভক্তি’ বিনে ॥ ৫৬ ॥
deha-tyāge kṛṣṇa nā paī, pāiye bhajane
kṛṣṇa-prāptyera upāya kona nāhi ‘bhakti’ vine
“You should know that one cannot attain Kṛṣṇa simply by giving up the body. Kṛṣṇa is attainable by devotional service. There is no other means for attaining Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu clearly states that one cannot attain Kṛṣṇa simply by giving up the body.
Kṛṣṇa is attainable by devotional service. The instruction directs Sanātana Gosvāmī toward service rather than ending his life.
The Lord says there is no other means for attaining Kṛṣṇa. Devotional service is the essential path He teaches.
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:
One cannot get love of God simply by committing suicide. You have already dedicated your life and body to My service; therefore your body does not belong to you, nor do you have any right to commit suicide.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What small act of devotional service can I choose today?
Set aside five minutes today for attentive chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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