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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 22.146Madhya 22.148

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.147

এতে ন হ্যদ্ভুতা ব্যাধ তবাহিংসাদয়ো গুণাঃ ।

হরিভক্তৌ প্রবৃত্তা যে ন তে স্যুঃ পরতাপিনঃ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥

ete na hy adbhutā vyādha

tavāhiṁsādayo guṇāḥ

hari-bhaktau pravṛttā ye

na te syuḥ para-tāpinaḥ

Translation

“ ‘O hunter, good qualities like nonviolence, which you have developed, are not very astonishing, for those who are engaged in the Lord’s devotional service are never inclined to give pain to others because of envy.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Removes the Inclination to Harm

  1. 1

    Nārada Muni spoke these words to the reformed hunter Mṛgāri.

  2. 2

    The hunter's development of nonviolence and other good qualities was not very astonishing.

  3. 3

    Those engaged in the Lord's devotional service are never inclined to give pain to others because of envy.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Skanda Purāṇa.
  • It was spoken by Nārada Muni to the reformed hunter Mṛgāri.

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 engages in devotional service, all good qualities follow. One does not have to cultivate them separately.
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. eteall these
  2. nanot
  3. hicertainly
  4. adbhutāḥwonderful
  5. vyādhaO hunter
  6. tavayour
  7. ahiṁsā-ādayaḥnonviolence and others
  8. guṇāḥqualities
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

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

Is envy influencing how I speak to or treat anyone?

Practice

If envy arises today, pause and refrain from a word or action that would give someone pain.

Live this todayDevotion Removes the Inclination to HarmThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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