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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.117
ধাত্র্যশ্বত্থগোবিপ্র-বৈষ্ণব-পূজন ।
সেবা-নামাপরাধাদি দূরে বিসর্জন ॥ ১১৭ ॥
dhātry-aśvattha-go-vipra-vaiṣṇava-pūjana
sevā-nāmāparādhādi dūre visarjana
“(10) One should worship dhātrī trees, banyan trees, cows, brāhmaṇas and devotees of Lord Viṣṇu. (11) One should avoid offenses against devotional service and the holy name.
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One should worship dhātrī trees, banyan trees, cows, brāhmaṇas and devotees of Lord Viṣṇu.
This worship completes the first ten items in the beginning of devotional service.
The eleventh item is to avoid offenses while rendering devotional service and chanting the holy names.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
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: “holy name”, “chanting”
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.
How attentive am I to avoiding offenses in my service and chanting?
Before chanting today, pause and renew your intention to avoid offenses against the holy name.
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