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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.218
শান্তের স্বভাব — কৃষ্ণে মমতা-গন্ধহীন ।
‘পরংব্রহ্ম’-‘পরমাত্মা’-জ্ঞান-প্রবীণ ॥ ২১৮ ॥
śāntera svabhāva — kṛṣṇe mamatā-gandha-hīna
‘paraṁ-brahma’-‘paramātmā’-jñāna pravīṇa
“It is the nature of śānta-rasa that not even the smallest intimacy exists. Rather, knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā is prominent.
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In śānta-rasa, not even the smallest intimacy exists.
Knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā is prominent. With an impersonal impression of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee worships these aspects of the Absolute Truth.
The devotee in this relationship does not develop a personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What distinction does this verse make between knowledge of the Absolute Truth and personal intimacy with Śrī Kṛṣṇa?
Write down the distinction this verse makes between knowledge and intimacy.
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