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  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 22.147Madhya 22.149

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.148

বৈধীভক্তি-সাধনের কহিলুঁ বিবরণ ।

রাগানুগা-ভক্তির লক্ষণ শুন, সনাতন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

vaidhī-bhakti-sādhanera kahiluṅ vivaraṇa

rāgānugā-bhaktira lakṣaṇa śuna, sanātana

Translation

“My dear Sanātana, I have now in detail described devotional service according to the regulative principles. Now hear from Me about spontaneous devotional service and its characteristics.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hear About Spontaneous Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Sanātana has now heard a detailed description of devotional service according to regulative principles.

  2. 2

    The teaching now turns to spontaneous devotional service.

  3. 3

    Sanātana is invited to hear about this service and its characteristics.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vaidhī bhaktiof devotional service according to the regulative principles
  2. sādhaneraof the execution
  3. kahiluṅI have made
  4. vivaraṇadescription
  5. rāgānugā-bhaktiraof spontaneous devotional service
  6. lakṣaṇathe symptoms
  7. śunaplease hear
  8. sanātanaO Sanātana
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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

Am I ready to listen carefully to the characteristics of spontaneous devotional service?

Practice

Read this invitation slowly today, noting the two forms of devotional service it mentions.

Live this todayHear About Spontaneous Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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