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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.101

সংক্ষেপে কহিলুঁ এই ‘প্রয়োজন’-বিবরণ ।

পঞ্চম-পুরুষার্থ — এই ‘কৃষ্ণপ্রেম’-ধন ॥ ১০১ ॥

saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ ei ‘prayojana’-vivaraṇa

pañcama-puruṣārtha — ei ‘kṛṣṇa-prema’-dhana

Translation

“This brief description is an elaboration of the ultimate goal of life. Indeed, this is the fifth and ultimate goal, which is beyond the platform of liberation. It is called kṛṣṇa-prema-dhana, the treasure of love for Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Love for Kṛṣṇa Is the Ultimate Treasure

  1. 1

    This brief description elaborates on the ultimate goal of life.

  2. 2

    This is the fifth and ultimate goal, beyond the platform of liberation.

  3. 3

    It is called kṛṣṇa-prema-dhana, the treasure of love for Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.

The mood of Madhya 23 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. saṅkṣepe kahiluṅbriefly I have spoken
  2. eithis
  3. prayojana-vivaraṇadescription of the ultimate achievement
  4. pañcama-puruṣa-arthathe fifth and ultimate goal of life
  5. eithis
  6. kṛṣṇa-prema-dhanathe treasure of love of Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love for krsna”

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 would regarding love for Kṛṣṇa as the ultimate treasure shape your priorities?

Practice

Write down “kṛṣṇa-prema-dhana — the treasure of love for Kṛṣṇa” and take a moment to reflect on it as the ultimate goal.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 1 lecture

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayLove for Kṛṣṇa Is the Ultimate TreasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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