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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 22.65Madhya 22.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.66

শাস্ত্রে যুক্তৌ চ নিপুণঃ সর্বথা দৃঢ়নিশ্চয়ঃ ।

প্রৌঢ়শ্রদ্ধোঽধিকারী যঃ স ভক্তাবুত্তমো মতঃ ॥ ৬৬ ॥

śāstre yuktau ca nipuṇaḥ

sarvathā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ

prauḍha-śraddho ’dhikārī yaḥ

sa bhaktāv uttamo mataḥ

Translation

“ ‘One who is expert in logic and in understanding the revealed scriptures, and who always has firm conviction and deep faith that is not blind, is to be considered a topmost devotee in devotional service.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Deep Faith Is Not Blind

  1. 1

    A topmost devotee is expert in logic and in understanding the revealed scriptures.

  2. 2

    Such a devotee always has firm conviction and deep faith that is not blind.

  3. 3

    These qualities mark one as a topmost devotee in devotional service.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse appears in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.17), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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

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:

If one has firm faith in the words of a great soul, pure devotional service will awaken. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu differentiates between a pure devotee and others.
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. śāstrein the revealed scriptures
  2. yuktauin logic
  3. caalso
  4. nipuṇaḥexpert
  5. sarvathāin all respects
  6. dṛḍha-niścayaḥwho is firmly convinced
  7. prauḍhadeep
  8. śraddhaḥwho has faith
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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”

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

How can my study of the revealed scriptures help my faith become deeper rather than blind?

Practice

Write down one question about a scriptural teaching that you would like to understand more clearly.

Live this todayDeep Faith Is Not BlindThis 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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