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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.70
ভজনের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ নববিধা ভক্তি ।
‘কৃষ্ণপ্রেম’, ‘কৃষ্ণ’ দিতে ধরে মহাশক্তি ॥ ৭০ ॥
bhajanera madhye śreṣṭha nava-vidhā bhakti
‘kṛṣṇa-prema’, ‘kṛṣṇa’ dite dhare mahā-śakti
“Among the ways of executing devotional service, the nine prescribed methods are the best, for these processes have great potency to deliver Kṛṣṇa and ecstatic love for Him.
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Among the ways of executing devotional service, the nine prescribed methods are the best.
These processes have great potency to deliver Kṛṣṇa and ecstatic love for Him.
The purport identifies Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the source describing these nine kinds of devotional service.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 4.70 quotesSB 7.5.23-24
The nine kinds of devotional service are mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.23):
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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:
I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.” After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject.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.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I approach devotional service as a way to attain Kṛṣṇa and love for Him?
Before your devotional service today, pause and remember its goal: Kṛṣṇa and love for Him.
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