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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.125
‘তদীয়’ — তুলসী, বৈষ্ণব, মথুরা, ভাগবত ।
এই চারির সেবা হয় কৃষ্ণের অভিমত ॥ ১২৫ ॥
‘tadīya’ — tulasī, vaiṣṇava, mathurā, bhāgavata
ei cārira sevā haya kṛṣṇera abhimata
“Tadīya means the tulasī leaves, the devotees of Kṛṣṇa, the birthplace of Kṛṣṇa (Mathurā), and the Vedic literature Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Kṛṣṇa is very eager to see His devotee serve tulasī, Vaiṣṇavas, Mathurā and Bhāgavatam.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Tadīya means tulasī leaves, the devotees of Kṛṣṇa, Mathurā, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Kṛṣṇa is very eager to see His devotee serve them.
The twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth items are serving tulasī and serving the Vaiṣṇavas.
The twenty-ninth item is living in Mathurā, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s birthplace. The thirtieth is reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly.
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:
By practicing even one of the nine processes of devotional service, one can become successful. Speculative knowledge and mystic yoga can never help one in devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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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: “serve”, “serving”
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