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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.153
লোভে ব্রজবাসীর ভাবে করে অনুগতি ।
শাস্ত্রযুক্তি নাহি মানে — রাগানুগার প্রকৃতি ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
lobhe vraja-vāsīra bhāve kare anugati
śāstra-yukti nāhi māne — rāgānugāra prakṛti
“If one follows in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana out of such transcendental covetousness, he does not care for the injunctions or reasonings of śāstra. That is the way of spontaneous love.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
An advanced devotee is attracted by the service rendered by an eternal servitor of the Lord in Vṛndāvana. This is called spontaneous attraction.
This stage is not achieved in the beginning. A beginner must serve strictly according to the regulative principles given by the revealed scriptures and the spiritual master.
Through continuous service in vaidhī bhakti, one’s natural inclination gradually awakens. This spontaneous attraction is called rāgānugā bhakti.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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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”, “serve”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that spontaneous attraction awakens gradually help you remain steady in service?
Today, carefully carry out one instruction for devotional service given by the revealed scriptures or the spiritual master.
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