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  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 22.60Madhya 22.62

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.61

তাবৎ কর্মাণি কুর্বীত ন নির্বিদ্যেত যাবতা ।

মৎকথাশ্রবণাদৌ বা শ্রদ্ধা যাবন্ন জায়তে ॥ ৬১ ॥

tāvat karmāṇi kurvīta

na nirvidyeta yāvatā

mat-kathā-śravaṇādau vā

śraddhā yāvan na jāyate

Translation

“ ‘As long as one is not satiated by fruitive activity and has not awakened his taste for devotional service by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, one has to act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Follow Vedic Principles Until Devotional Taste Awakens

  1. 1

    The instruction concerns one who is not yet satiated by fruitive activity.

  2. 2

    It also concerns one whose taste for devotional service has not awakened through śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ.

  3. 3

    As long as these conditions remain, one must act according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 22.61 quotesSB 11.20.9

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.20.9).

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. tāvatup to that time
  2. karmāṇifruitive activities
  3. kurvītaone should execute
  4. na nirvidyetais not satiated
  5. yāvatāas long as
  6. mat-kathāof discourses about Me
  7. śravaṇa-ādauin the matter of śravaṇam, kīrtanam, and so on
  8. vāor
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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”

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “kīrtanaṁ”

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

Do I honestly recognize my remaining attraction to fruitive activity and my need to develop devotional taste?

Practice

Take a quiet minute to reflect on whether fruitive activity still attracts you and whether your taste for devotional service is growing.

Live this todayFollow Vedic Principles Until Devotional Taste AwakensThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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