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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.199
তথাপি বিষয়ের স্বভাব — করে মহা-অন্ধ ।
সেই কর্ম করায়, যাতে হয় ভব-বন্ধ ॥ ১৯৯ ॥
tathāpi viṣayera svabhāva — kare mahā-andha
sei karma karāya, yāte haya bhava-bandha
“Those who are attached to materialistic life and are blind to spiritual life must act in such a way that they are bound to repeated birth and death by the actions and reactions of their activities.
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Attachment to materialistic life can leave a person blind to spiritual life.
The actions and reactions of such activities bind a person to repeated birth and death.
The purport explains that actions not performed as a pure devotee produce reactions of fruitive bondage.
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 6.199 quotesBG 3.9
As clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (3.9), yajñārthāt karmaṇo’nyatra loko’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ: if one does not act as a pure devotee, whatever acts he performs will produce reactions of fruitive bondage (karma-bandhanaḥ).
The purport of CC Antya 6.199 quotesSB 5.5.4
Similarly, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.4) it is said:
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Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Therefore another name for Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is Svarūpera Raghu, or the Raghunātha of Svarūpa Dāmodara. For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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In this verse: “pure devotee”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeking only material results shape the actions I choose?
Before one task today, pause to consider whether your aim is merely material gain or devotional service.
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