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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 19.223 Madhya 19.225

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.224

বিশ্রম্ভ-প্রধান সখ্য — গৌরব-সম্ভ্রম-হীন ।

অতএব সখ্য-রসের ‘তিন’ গুণ — চিহ্ন ॥ ২২৪ ॥

viśrambha-pradhāna sakhya — gaurava-sambhrama-hīna

ataeva sakhya-rasera ‘tina’ guṇa — cihna

Translation

“Awe and veneration are absent on the platform of fraternity, since this rasa is predominated by confidential service. Therefore sakhya-rasa is characterized by the qualities of three rasas.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Confidential Service Characterizes Friendship

1
Awe and veneration are absent on the platform of fraternity.
2
This rasa is predominated by confidential service.
3
Sakhya-rasa is therefore characterized by the qualities of three rasas.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

viśrambha-pradhāna sakhyaon the platform of fraternity, in which confidentiality is prominent
gaurava-sambhramaawe and veneration
hīnawithout
ataevatherefore
sakhya-raseraof the platform of fraternity
tina guṇathe qualities of three rasas, namely śānta, dāsya and sakhya
cihnathe symptom

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “rasa”, “fraternity”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about confidential service being central to sakhya-rasa?

Practice

Write down the phrase “confidential service” and briefly note its importance in this translation.

Live this todayConfidential Service Characterizes FriendshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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