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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 22.149Madhya 22.151

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.150

ইষ্টে স্বারসিকী রাগঃ পরমাবিষ্টতা ভবেৎ ।

তন্ময়ী যা ভবেদ্ভক্তিঃ সাত্র রাগাত্মিকোদিতা ॥ ১৫০ ॥

iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ

paramāviṣṭatā bhavet

tan-mayī yā bhaved bhaktiḥ

sātra rāgātmikoditā

Translation

“ ‘When one becomes attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to one’s natural inclination to love Him and is fully absorbed in thoughts of the Lord, that state is called transcendental attachment, and devotional service according to that attachment is called rāgātmikā, or spontaneous devotional service.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Natural Love and Absorption in the Lord

  1. 1

    Transcendental attachment involves becoming attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to one's natural inclination to love Him.

  2. 2

    In this state, one is fully absorbed in thoughts of the Lord.

  3. 3

    Devotional service according to that attachment is called rāgātmikā, or spontaneous devotional service.

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:

Spontaneous devotional service arises when one follows a pure devotee who is awakened to spontaneous love of God. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of devotees who are already situated in spontaneous love of God.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. iṣṭeunto the desired object of life
  2. svā-rasikīappropriate for one’s own original aptitude of love
  3. rāgaḥattachment
  4. parama-āviṣṭatāabsorption in the service of the Lord
  5. bhavetis
  6. tat-mayīconsisting of that transcendental attachment
  7. yāwhich
  8. bhavetis
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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”

  • 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”

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 description connect loving attachment with thoughts of the Lord?

Practice

Set aside a quiet minute today to think of the Lord and reflect on loving attachment to Him.

Live this todayNatural Love and Absorption in the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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