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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.180Madhya 19.182

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.181

সাত্ত্বিক-ব্যভিচারি-ভাবের মিলনে ।

কৃষ্ণভক্তি-রস হয় অমৃত আস্বাদনে ॥ ১৮১ ॥

sāttvika-vyabhicāri-bhāvera milane

kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa haya amṛta āsvādane

Translation

“When the higher standard of ecstatic love is mixed with the symptoms of sāttvika and vyabhicārī, the devotee relishes the transcendental bliss of loving Kṛṣṇa in a variety of nectarean tastes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Loving Kṛṣṇa Has Varied Nectarean Tastes

  1. 1

    The higher standard of ecstatic love mixes with the symptoms of sāttvika and vyabhicārī.

  2. 2

    Through this mixture, the devotee relishes the transcendental bliss of loving Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    This bliss is experienced in a variety of nectarean tastes.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sāttvika-vyabhicāri-bhāveraof sāttvika and vyabhicārī with sthāyibhāva
  2. milaneby mixing
  3. kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasathe transcendental mellows of devotional service to the Lord
  4. hayabecome
  5. amṛtanectarean
  6. āsvādanein tasting
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Key ideas in this 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: “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about loving Kṛṣṇa being described as a variety of nectarean tastes?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, pausing over the phrase “the transcendental bliss of loving Kṛṣṇa.”

Live this todayLoving Kṛṣṇa Has Varied Nectarean TastesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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