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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.108
এই ত সাধনভক্তি — দুই ত’ প্রকার ।
এক ‘বৈধী ভক্তি’, ‘রাগানুগা-ভক্তি’ আর ॥ ১০৮ ॥
ei ta sādhana-bhakti — dui ta’ prakāra
eka ‘vaidhī bhakti’, ‘rāgānugā-bhakti’ āra
“There are two processes of practical devotional service. One is regulative devotional service, and the other is spontaneous devotional service.
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Practical devotional service has two processes.
One process is regulative devotional service.
The other process is spontaneous devotional service.
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
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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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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Can I name the two processes of practical devotional service?
Write down the two processes named in this verse and read their names aloud.
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