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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 22.96Madhya 22.98

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 22.97

বিজ্ঞ-জনের হয় যদি কৃষ্ণগুণ-জ্ঞান ।

অন্য ত্যজি’ ভজে, তাতে উদ্ধব — প্রমাণ ॥ ৯৭ ॥

vijña-janera haya yadi kṛṣṇa-guṇa-jñāna

anya tyaji’, bhaje, tāte uddhava — pramāṇa

Translation

“Whenever an experienced person develops real knowledge of Kṛṣṇa and His transcendental qualities, he naturally gives up all other engagements and renders service to the Lord. Uddhava gives evidence concerning this.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Knowing Kṛṣṇa Naturally Leads to Service

  1. 1

    An experienced person develops real knowledge of Kṛṣṇa and His transcendental qualities.

  2. 2

    With this knowledge, one naturally gives up other engagements and renders service to the Lord.

  3. 3

    Uddhava gives evidence of this movement from knowing Kṛṣṇa to serving Him.

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:

Speculative knowledge and mystic yoga can never help one in devotional service. Pious activity, nonviolence, sense control and regulation are not separate from devotional service in its pure form.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vijña-janeraof an experienced person
  2. hayathere is
  3. yadiif
  4. kṛṣṇa-guṇa-jñānaknowledge of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities
  5. anyaothers
  6. tyaji’giving up
  7. bhajehe engages in devotional service
  8. tātein that connection
  9. uddhavaUddhava
  10. pramāṇathe evidence
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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”, “serving”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Is my knowledge of Kṛṣṇa helping me make more room for His service?

Practice

Set aside one other engagement today to spend a few minutes serving the Lord.

Live this todayKnowing Kṛṣṇa Naturally Leads to ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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