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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.70
যো ভবেৎ কোমলশ্রদ্ধঃ স কনিষ্ঠো নিগদ্যতে ॥ ৭০ ॥
yo bhavet komala-śraddhaḥ
sa kaniṣṭho nigadyate
“ ‘One whose faith is not very strong, who is just beginning, should be considered a neophyte devotee.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A neophyte devotee is just beginning.
His faith is not yet very strong.
The Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu identifies this as the neophyte stage of devotion.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I honestly recognize where my faith is still not very strong?
Quietly identify one area in which your faith is still weak.
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