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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.302
ভক্তিমিশ্রকৃতপুণ্যে কোন জীবোত্তম ।
রজোগুণে বিভাবিত করি’ তাঁর মন ॥ ৩০২ ॥
bhakti-miśra-kṛta-puṇye kona jīvottama
rajo-guṇe vibhāvita kari’ tāṅra mana
“Because of his past pious activities mixed with devotional service, the first-class living entity is influenced by the mode of passion within his mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse describes a first-class living entity with past pious activities.
Those pious activities were mixed with devotional service.
Because of this past activity, the living entity is influenced by the mode of passion within his mind.
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:
First they discussed the constitutional position of the living entities, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī how the living entity is one of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energies. After this, the Lord explained the way of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the presence of passion in the mind of the first-class living entity described here?
Reread the translation and note its three connected elements: past pious activities, devotional service and the influence of passion.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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