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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 22.29Madhya 22.31

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.30

যেঽন্যেঽরবিন্দাক্ষ বিমুক্তমানিন-

স্ত্বয্যস্তভাবাদবিশুদ্ধবুদ্ধয়ঃ ।

আরুহ্য কৃচ্ছ্রেণ পরং পদং ততঃ

পতন্ত্যধোঽনাদৃতযুষ্মদঙ্ঘ্রয়ঃ ॥ ৩০ ॥

ye ’nye ’ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas

tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ

āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ

patanty adho ’nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ

Translation

“ ‘O lotus-eyed one, those who think they are liberated in this life but do not render devotional service to You must be of impure intelligence. Although they accept severe austerities and penances and rise to the spiritual position, to impersonal Brahman realization, they fall down again because they neglect to worship Your lotus feet.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Neglecting Devotion Leads to Falling Down

  1. 1

    Those who think themselves liberated but do not render devotional service to the Lord have impure intelligence.

  2. 2

    Through severe austerities and penances, they may rise to the spiritual position of impersonal Brahman realization.

  3. 3

    They fall down again because they neglect to worship the Lord’s lotus feet.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 22.30 quotesSB 10.2.32

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.2.32).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

In all circumstances the living entity is recommended to accept the path of devotional service as personally explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The speculative method of the so-called jñānīs is considered a waste of time, and that is proved in this chapter.
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. yeall those who
  2. anyeothers (nondevotees)
  3. aravinda-akṣaO lotus-eyed one
  4. vimukta-māninaḥwho consider themselves liberated
  5. tvayiunto You
  6. asta-bhāvātwithout devotion
  7. aviśuddha-buddhayaḥwhose intelligence is not purified
  8. āruhyahaving ascended
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • 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

Does my spiritual effort include worship and service, or do I rely on austerity alone?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes today worshiping the Lord’s lotus feet rather than focusing only on personal discipline.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayNeglecting Devotion Leads to Falling DownThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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