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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 22.112Madhya 22.114

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.113

স্মর্তব্যঃ সততং বিষ্ণুর্বিস্মর্তব্যো ন জাতুচিৎ ।

সর্বে বিধিনিষেধাঃ স্যুরেতয়োরেব কিঙ্করাঃ ॥ ১১৩ ॥

smartavyaḥ satataṁ viṣṇur

vismartavyo na jātucit

sarve vidhi-niṣedhāḥ syur

etayor eva kiṅkarāḥ

Translation

“ ‘Kṛṣṇa is the origin of Lord Viṣṇu. He should always be remembered and never forgotten at any time. All the rules and prohibitions mentioned in the śāstras should be the servants of these two principles.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Always Remember Kṛṣṇa Through Chanting

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa is the origin of Lord Viṣṇu. All scriptural rules and prohibitions should serve these two principles: always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Him.

  2. 2

    Remembering Kṛṣṇa and never forgetting Him is possible through chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The purport therefore calls for chanting twenty-four hours daily.

  3. 3

    Other duties may be performed under the spiritual master’s direction, but his order to chant a certain number of rounds comes first. For beginners in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, at least sixteen rounds are recommended as absolutely necessary.

Key points from the purport
  • These regulative principles should act as servants of the basic principle — that is, one should always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Him.
  • In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we have recommended that the neophyte chant at least sixteen rounds.
  • Of all the regulative principles, the spiritual master’s order to chant at least sixteen rounds is most essential.

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:

Speculative knowledge and mystic yoga can never help one in devotional service. Pious activity, nonviolence, sense control and regulation are not separate from devotional service in its pure form.
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. smartavyaḥto be remembered
  2. satatamalways
  3. viṣṇuḥLord Viṣṇu
  4. vismartavyaḥto be forgotten
  5. nanot
  6. jātucitat any time
  7. sarveall
  8. vidhi-niṣedhāḥrules and prohibitions mentioned in the revealed scripture or given by the spiritual master
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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: “servants”, “serve”

  • 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”

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 can I arrange my duties so that chanting is not pushed aside?

Practice

Reserve time in today’s schedule for chanting, giving priority to the number of rounds directed by the spiritual master.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

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

Quoted in 5 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 5 lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayAlways Remember Kṛṣṇa Through ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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