1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.24
তাতে প্রেমভক্তি — ‘পুরুষার্থ-শিরোমণি’ ।
রাগমার্গে প্রেমভক্তি ‘সর্বাধিক’ জানি ॥ ২৪ ॥
tāte prema-bhakti — ‘puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi’
rāga-mārge prema-bhakti ‘sarvādhika’ jāni
“Through the mercy of Rāmānanda Rāya, I have understood that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life and that spontaneous love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Through Rāmānanda Rāya’s mercy, the speaker has understood that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life.
Religion, economic development, satisfaction of the senses and liberation are the four usual goals of life. Above them all stands love of Godhead, called parama-puruṣārtha or puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi.
Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by regulative devotional service, but spontaneous love of Godhead is the highest perfection 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.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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 of krsna”, “ecstatic love”, “love of godhead”
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: “mercy”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where does love of Kṛṣṇa stand among the goals that guide my daily choices?
Write “Love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life” beside today’s plans as a reminder of the purpose of devotional service.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Antya 7.24? Get an answer from the verses themselves.