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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 22.106 Madhya 22.108

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.107

নিত্যসিদ্ধ কৃষ্ণপ্রেম ‘সাধ্য’ কভু নয় ।

শ্রবণাদি-শুদ্ধচিত্তে করয়ে উদয় ॥ ১০৭ ॥

nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema ‘sādhya’ kabhu naya

śravaṇādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya

Translation

“Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pure Love Already Lives Within

1
Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of living entities.
2
This love is not something that must be gained from another source.
3
Hearing and chanting purify the heart. When the heart is purified, this love naturally awakens.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 4.137

Śravaṇādi śuddha-citte karaye udaya. Love of Godhead is dormant within everyone’s heart, and if one simply follows the standard process of devotional service, it is awakened.

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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

Madhya 22: The Process of Devotional Service

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

One has to fully surrender unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and give up attraction for women and nondevotees. The six symptoms of fully surrendered souls are also described in this chapter.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

nitya-siddhaeternally established
kṛṣṇa-premalove of Kṛṣṇa
sādhyato be gained
kabhuat any time
nayanot
śravaṇa-ādiby hearing, etc.
śuddhapurified
cittein the heart
karaye udayaawakens

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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”, “pure love”
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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that love for Kṛṣṇa already exists in my heart affect my approach to practice?

Practice

Make a little time today for hearing and chanting, remembering that these activities purify the heart.

Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 53 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 53 lectures

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Live this todayPure Love Already Lives WithinThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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