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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.107
যোগ্যপাত্র হও তুমি ভক্তি প্রবর্তাইতে ।
ক্রমে সব তত্ত্ব শুন, কহিয়ে তোমাতে ॥ ১০৭ ॥
yogya-pātra hao tumi bhakti pravartāite
krame saba tattva śuna, kahiye tomāte
“You are fit to propagate the cult of devotional service. Therefore gradually hear all the truths about it from Me. I shall tell you about them.
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The listener is declared fit to propagate the cult of devotional service.
He is therefore asked to hear all the truths about devotional service gradually.
The speaker promises to explain these truths to him.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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, the Lord explained the way of devotional service. While discussing the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord analyzed Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, as well as the expansions of the Lord called svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma and āveśa, which are divided into various branches known as vaibhava and prābhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to hear the truths of devotional service gradually rather than rush to teach them?
Study one teaching about devotional service carefully today before trying to share it.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
4 lectures given on it · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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