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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.92
মা দ্রাক্ষীঃ ক্ষীণপুণ্যান্ ক্বচিদপি ।
ভগবদ্ভক্তিহীনান্ মনুষ্যান্ ॥ ৯২ ॥
mā drākṣīḥ kṣīṇa-puṇyān kvacid api bhagavad-bhakti-hīnān manuṣyān
“ ‘One should not even see those who are bereft of devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and who are therefore devoid of pious activities.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse speaks of those bereft of devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
It describes them as therefore devoid of pious activities.
Its warning is emphatic: one should not even see such persons.
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:
Pious activity, nonviolence, sense control and regulation are not separate from devotional service in its pure form. If one engages in devotional service, all good qualities follow.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 22
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How seriously do I take this warning about contact devoid of devotional service?
Today, refrain from seeking one unnecessary encounter with someone bereft of devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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