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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 4.66
নীচ-জাতি নহে কৃষ্ণভজনে অযোগ্য ।
সৎকুল-বিপ্র নহে ভজনের যোগ্য ॥ ৬৬ ॥
nīca-jāti nahe kṛṣṇa-bhajane ayogya
sat-kula-vipra nahe bhajanera yogya
“A person born in a low family is not unfit for discharging devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, nor is one fit for devotional service simply because he is born in an aristocratic family of brāhmaṇas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Birth in a low family does not make a person unfit to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Birth in an aristocratic family of brāhmaṇas does not, by itself, qualify someone for devotional service.
Fitness for devotional service is not determined by family status.
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
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: “service”, “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I judge my own or another person’s fitness for devotion by family background?
Notice one judgment based on family background today, and remind yourself that birth does not determine fitness to serve Kṛṣṇa.
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