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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.114
বিবিধাঙ্গ সাধনভক্তির বহুত বিস্তার ।
সংক্ষেপে কহিয়ে কিছু সাধনাঙ্গ-সার ॥ ১১৪ ॥
vividhāṅga sādhana-bhaktira bahuta vistāra
saṅkṣepe kahiye kichu sādhanāṅga-sāra
“I shall say something about the various practices of devotional service, which is expanded in so many ways. I wish to speak briefly of the essential practices.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Devotional service includes various practices.
These practices are expanded in many ways.
The speaker wishes to give a brief account of the essential practices.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to learn the essential practices of devotional service?
Set aside a few minutes today to study the essential practices introduced here.
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