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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.105
যুক্তবৈরাগ্য-স্থিতি সব শিখাইল ।
শুষ্কবৈরাগ্য-জ্ঞান সব নিষেধিল ॥ ১০৫ ॥
yukta-vairāgya-sthiti saba śikhāila
śuṣka-vairāgya-jñāna saba niṣedhila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then told Sanātana Gosvāmī about proper renunciation according to a particular situation, and the Lord forbade dry renunciation and speculative knowledge in all respects.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught Sanātana Gosvāmī proper renunciation according to a particular situation.
The Lord forbade dry renunciation and speculative knowledge in all respects.
The purport identifies this distinction as the technique for understanding śuṣka-vairāgya and yukta-vairāgya.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 23.105 quotesBG 6.17
In the Bhagavad-gītā (6.17) it is said:
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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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī, placing His hand on his head. Thus Sanātana received the power to describe these subjects in books like Hari-bhakti-vilāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I considering my actual situation when thinking about renunciation?
Write down one renunciation you are considering and examine whether it supports devotional service rather than mere giving up.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 1 lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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