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  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 19.210Madhya 19.212

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.211

শান্তরসে — ‘স্বরূপবুদ্ধ্যে কৃষ্ণৈকনিষ্ঠতা’ ।

“শমো মন্নিষ্ঠতা বুদ্ধেঃ” ইতি শ্ৰীমুখ-গাথা ॥ ২১১ ॥

śānta-rase — ‘svarūpa-buddhye kṛṣṇaika-niṣṭhatā’

“śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddheḥ” iti śrī-mukha-gāthā

Translation

“When one is fully attached to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, one attains the śamatā stage. The word ‘śamatā’ is derived from the word ‘śama’; therefore śānta-rasa, the position of neutrality, means being fully attached to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. This is the verdict from the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. This state is called self-realization.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Neutrality Means Full Attachment to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    When one is fully attached to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, one attains the śamatā stage.

  2. 2

    The word śamatā comes from śama. Thus śānta-rasa, the position of neutrality, means full attachment to Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

  3. 3

    This is the verdict of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. This state is called self-realization.

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:

The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana. The Lord Himself returned to Vārāṇasī and stayed at the home of Candraśekhara.
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. śānta-rasein the stage of śānta-rasa, or neutrality
  2. svarūpa-buddhyeby self-realization
  3. kṛṣṇa-eka-niṣṭhatāfull devotion to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa
  4. śamaḥequilibrium
  5. matto Me
  6. niṣṭhatāthe quality of attachment
  7. buddheḥof the mind
  8. itithus
  9. śrī-mukhafrom the mouth of the Supreme Lord
  10. gāthāa verse
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does defining neutrality as full attachment to Kṛṣṇa shape your understanding of śānta-rasa?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute directing your attention toward Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.

Live this todayNeutrality Means Full Attachment to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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