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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 4.57Antya 4.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.58

‘ভক্তি’ বিনা কৃষ্ণে কভু নহে ‘প্রেমোদয়’ ।

প্রেম বিনা কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্তি অন্য হৈতে নয় ॥ ৫৮ ॥

‘bhakti’ vinā kṛṣṇe kabhu nahe ‘premodaya’

prema vinā kṛṣṇa-prāpti anya haite naya

Translation

“Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one’s dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, and there is no means for attaining Him other than awakening that dormant love.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Service Awakens Love for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Love for Kṛṣṇa is dormant and needs to be awakened.

  2. 2

    Without performing devotional service, one cannot awaken that love.

  3. 3

    There is no means of attaining Kṛṣṇa other than awakening this dormant love.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhakti vināwithout devotional service
  2. kṛṣṇeunto Kṛṣṇa
  3. kabhuat any time
  4. naheis not
  5. prema-udayadevelopment of dormant love for Kṛṣṇa
  6. prema vināwithout love of Kṛṣṇa
  7. kṛṣṇa-prāptiattaining Kṛṣṇa
  8. anyaanything else
  9. haitefrom
  10. nayais not possible
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Key ideas in this 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: “service”

  • 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 for krsna”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I approaching devotional service as a way to awaken love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Offer one small act of service to Kṛṣṇa today, with the intention of awakening love for Him.

Live this todayDevotional Service Awakens Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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