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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.149
কৃষ্ণভক্ত — নিষ্কাম, অতএব ‘শান্ত’ ।
ভুক্তি-মুক্তি-সিদ্ধি — কামী সকলি ‘অশান্ত’ ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
kṛṣṇa-bhakta — niṣkāma, ataeva ‘śānta’
bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kāmī — sakali ‘aśānta’
“Because a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, jñānīs desire liberation, and yogīs desire material opulence; therefore they are all lusty and cannot be peaceful.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa has no desire other than serving Kṛṣṇa. In this sense, the devotee is desireless and peaceful.
Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, while jñānīs desire to become one with the Supreme.
Yogīs desire material opulence, yogic perfections and magic. Those who seek such gains cannot have peace because they remain full of desires.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 2.4.19
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 19.149) it is said: Those who are after fruitive results for their pious activities, those who desire salvation and identity with the Supreme, and those who desire material perfections of mystic power are all restless because they want something for themselves, but the devotee is completely peaceful because he has no demand for himself and is…
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.24.20
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 19.149) it is stated, kṛṣṇa-bhakta — niṣkāma, ataeva ‘śānta’: a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is always peaceful because he has no desire, whereas the yogīs, karmīs and jñānīs have so many desires to fulfill.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 5.5.35
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 19.149) it is said: The word śānta means completely peaceful.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 11.2.43
There is a similar statement in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 19.149): “Because a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is desireless, he is peaceful.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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: “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which desire for personal gain most distracts you from serving Kṛṣṇa?
Choose one small act of service to Kṛṣṇa today and do it without asking for a personal reward.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 39 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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