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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.214
কৃষ্ণ বিনা তৃষ্ণা-ত্যাগ — তার কার্য মানি ।
অতএব ‘শান্ত’ কৃষ্ণভক্ত এক জানি ॥ ২১৪ ॥
kṛṣṇa vinā tṛṣṇā-tyāga — tāra kārya māni
ataeva ‘śānta’ kṛṣṇa-bhakta eka jāni
“Giving up all desires not connected with Kṛṣṇa is the business of one who is in śānta-rasa. Only a devotee of Kṛṣṇa can be situated on that platform. He is thus called a śānta-rasa-bhakta.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A devotee in śānta-rasa gives up all desires not connected with Kṛṣṇa. Only a devotee of Kṛṣṇa can be situated on this platform.
Free from agitation and material enjoyment, the devotee remains fixed in realizing his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Freedom from other desires, called anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya, is the beginning of pure devotional service.
Here, dama means curbing the senses. Real dama is controlling their undesirable activities.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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: “service”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which desire is distracting me from my relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
Notice one desire unconnected with Kṛṣṇa today, and refrain from acting on it.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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