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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 22.56Madhya 22.59

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 22.57-58

সর্বগুহ্যতমং ভূয়ঃ শৃণু মে পরমং বচঃ ।

ইষ্টোঽসি মে দৃঢ়মিতি ততো বক্ষ্যামি তে হিতম্‌ ॥ ৫৭ ॥

sarva-guhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ

śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ

iṣṭo ’si me dṛḍham iti

tato vakṣyāmi te hitam

Translation

“ ‘Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you My supreme instruction, the most confidential knowledge of all. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit. Always think of Me and become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Think of Kṛṣṇa and Become His Devotee

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa shares His supreme, most confidential instruction for the benefit of His very dear friend.

  2. 2

    He asks His friend always to think of Him, become His devotee, worship Him, and offer Him homage.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa promises that His dear friend will come to Him without fail by following these instructions.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (18.64-65).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 22.57-58 quotesBG 18.64

This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (18.64-65).

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:

A pure devotee is the supreme transcendentalist, and one has to receive his mercy for one’s dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness to be awakened. One has to associate with pure devotees.
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. sarva-guhya-tamammost confidential of all
  2. bhūyaḥagain
  3. śṛṇuhear
  4. meMy
  5. paramam vacaḥsupreme instruction
  6. iṣṭaḥbeloved
  7. asiyou are
  8. meMy
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which part of Kṛṣṇa’s loving instruction can I give more attention to today?

Practice

Pause once today to think of Kṛṣṇa and respectfully offer Him homage.

Live this todayThink of Kṛṣṇa and Become His DevoteeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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