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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.18
এই সব সাধনের অতি তুচ্ছ বল ।
কৃষ্ণভক্তি বিনা তাহা দিতে নারে ফল ॥ ১৮ ॥
ei saba sādhanera ati tuccha bala
kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā tāhā dite nāre phala
“Without devotional service, all other methods for spiritual self-realization are weak and insignificant. Unless one comes to the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, jñāna and yoga cannot give the desired results.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Vedic scriptures sometimes stress fruitive activity, speculative knowledge and mystic yoga. These processes cannot attain the desired results without devotional service.
Without devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, jñāna and yoga are weak and insignificant.
The real desired result is to invoke dormant love for Kṛṣṇa. This is the purpose of kṛṣṇa-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.
The purport of CC Madhya 22.18 quotesSB 1.2.6
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.6) states:
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:
An intelligent person should abandon the processes of karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa and mystic yoga. One should give up all these useless processes and take seriously to the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
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 for krsna”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I seeking to awaken love for Kṛṣṇa through my spiritual efforts?
Before one spiritual activity today, pause and make awakening love for Kṛṣṇa your purpose.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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