1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.143
অজ্ঞানে বা হয় যদি ‘পাপ’ উপস্থিত ।
কৃষ্ণ তাঁরে শুদ্ধ করে, না করায় প্রায়শ্চিত্ত ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
ajñāne vā haya yadi ‘pāpa’ upasthita
kṛṣṇa tāṅre śuddha kare, nā karāya prāyaścitta
“If, however, a devotee accidentally becomes involved in a sinful activity, Kṛṣṇa purifies him. He does not have to undergo the regulative form of atonement.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
If a devotee accidentally becomes involved in sinful activity, Kṛṣṇa purifies him.
For such accidental involvement, the devotee does not have to undergo the regulative form of atonement.
Kṛṣṇa purifies from within as the caittya-guru, the spiritual master within the heart.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 22.143 quotesSB 11.5.42
This is described in the following verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.42).
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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:
Pious activity, nonviolence, sense control and regulation are not separate from devotional service in its pure form. If one engages in devotional service, all good qualities follow.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing Kṛṣṇa as the spiritual master within the heart deepen your trust in Him?
Offer a brief prayer to Kṛṣṇa within your heart, asking for purification.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 22.143? Get an answer from the verses themselves.