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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 22.132Madhya 22.134

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.133

দুরূহাদ্ভুতবীর্যেঽস্মিন্‌ শ্রদ্ধা দূরেঽস্তু পঞ্চকে ।

যত্র স্বল্পোঽপি সম্বন্ধঃ সদ্ধিয়াং ভাবজন্মনে ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

durūhādbhuta-vīrye ’smin

śraddhā dūre ’stu pañcake

yatra sv-alpo ’pi sambandhaḥ

sad-dhiyāṁ bhāva-janmane

Translation

“ ‘The power of these five principles is very wonderful and difficult to understand. Even without faith in them, a person who is offenseless can awaken his dormant love of Kṛṣṇa simply by being a little connected with them.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Slight Connection Can Awaken Dormant Love

  1. 1

    The power of these five principles is very wonderful and difficult to understand.

  2. 2

    Even a little connection with them can awaken dormant love of Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    This awakening can occur even without faith in them, provided the person is offenseless.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is also found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.238).

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:

If one has firm faith in the words of a great soul, pure devotional service will awaken. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu differentiates between a pure devotee and others.
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. dur-ūhadifficult to understand
  2. adbhutawonderful
  3. vīryein the power
  4. asminin this
  5. śraddhāfaith
  6. dūrefar away
  7. astulet it be
  8. pañcakein the above-mentioned five principles
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of krsna”

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 does this teaching encourage me to value even a little connection with these principles?

Practice

Give a few attentive minutes today to one of the five principles, taking care to avoid offenses.

Live this todaySlight Connection Can Awaken Dormant LoveThis 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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