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  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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service
Madhya 22.104Madhya 22.106

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.105

কৃতিসাধ্যা ভবেৎ সাধ্যভাবা সা সাধনাভিধা ।

নিত্যসিদ্ধস্য ভাবস্য প্রাকট্যং হৃদি সাধ্যতা ॥ ১০৫ ॥

kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya-

bhāvā sā sādhanābhidhā

nitya-siddhasya bhāvasya

prākaṭyaṁ hṛdi sādhyatā

Translation

“ ‘When transcendental devotional service, by which love for Kṛṣṇa is attained, is executed by the senses, it is called sādhana-bhakti, or the regulative discharge of devotional service. Such devotion eternally exists within the heart of every living entity. The awakening of this eternal devotion is the potentiality of devotional service in practice.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Practice Awakens Dormant Love for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Devotional service performed with the senses to attain love for Kṛṣṇa is called sādhana-bhakti. Because living entities are minute parts and parcels of the Lord, this devotion already exists within them in a dormant condition.

  2. 2

    Devotional service begins with śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam, hearing and chanting. Hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted by a pure Vaiṣṇava awakens spiritual consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

  3. 3

    As the mind gradually becomes purified, the senses are also purified. The awakened devotee uses them in the Lord’s transcendental loving service rather than for sense gratification.

Key points from the purport
  • When a man is sleeping, he can be awakened by sound vibration; therefore every conditioned soul should be given the chance to hear the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted by a pure Vaiṣṇava.
  • One who hears the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra thus vibrated is awakened to spiritual consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
  • This is the process by which dormant love for Kṛṣṇa is awakened.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Trust and resolution. Devotional practice and association offer a steady path for awakening love.

The mood of Madhya 22 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 22: The Process of Devotional Service

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Devotional service has been divided into two categories — regulative devotional service and spontaneous love. There are sixty-four items listed in regulative devotional service, and out of these sixty-four the last five are considered very important.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛti-sādhyāwhich is to be executed by the senses
  2. bhavetshould be
  3. sādhya-bhāvāby which love of Godhead is acquired
  4. sāthat
  5. sādhana-abhidhācalled sādhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice
  6. nitya-siddhasyawhich is eternally present
  7. bhāvasyaof love of Godhead
  8. prākaṭyamthe awakening
  9. hṛdiin the heart
  10. sādhyatāpotentiality
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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”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love for krsna”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “chanting”, “kīrtanam”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How am I using my senses to awaken love for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today to hear the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted by a pure Vaiṣṇava.

Live this todayPractice Awakens Dormant Love for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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