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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.222

শান্তের গুণ, দাস্যের সেবন — সখ্যে দুই হয় ।

দাস্যের ‘সম্ভ্রমংগৌরব’-সেবা, সখ্যে ‘বিশ্বাস’-ময় ॥ ২২২ ॥

śāntera guṇa, dāsyera sevana — sakhye dui haya

dāsyera ‘sambhrama-gaurava’-sevā, sakhye ‘viśvāsa’-maya

Translation

“The qualities of śānta-rasa and the service of dāsya-rasa are both present on the platform of sakhya-rasa. On the platform of fraternity, the qualities of dāsya-rasa are mixed with the confidence of fraternity instead of awe and veneration.

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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.

Friendship Adds Confidence to Service

  1. 1

    Sakhya-rasa includes the qualities of śānta-rasa.

  2. 2

    The service of dāsya-rasa is also present on this platform of fraternity, or friendship.

  3. 3

    In sakhya-rasa, service is mixed with the confidence of friendship instead of awe and veneration.

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:

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. The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to 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. śāntera guṇaqualities of śānta-rasa
  2. dāsyera sevanathe service of the dāsya-rasa
  3. sakhyeon the platform of fraternity
  4. duithe qualities of two rasas
  5. hayathere are
  6. dāsyeraof the dāsya platform
  7. sambhrama-gauravawith awe and veneration
  8. sevāservice
  9. sakhyeon the platform of fraternity
  10. viśvāsa-mayamixed with confidence
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Key ideas in this 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: “fraternity”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the confidence of friendship change the character of service described here?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, noticing how confidence replaces awe and veneration.

Live this todayFriendship Adds Confidence to ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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