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  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 23: Life’s Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead
Madhya 23.114Madhya 23.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.115

তবে সনাতন সব সিদ্ধান্ত পুছিলা ।

ভাগবত-সিদ্ধান্ত গূঢ় সকলি কহিলা ॥ ১১৫ ॥

tabe sanātana saba siddhānta puchilā

bhāgavata-siddhānta gūḍha sakali kahilā

Translation

Thereafter Sanātana Gosvāmī inquired from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about all the conclusive statements concerning devotional service, and the Lord very vividly explained all the confidential meanings of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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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.

Inquire About the Conclusions of Devotional Service

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī inquired from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the conclusive statements concerning devotional service.

  2. 2

    The Lord explained the confidential meanings of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  3. 3

    His explanations made these confidential meanings very vivid.

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:

The Lord also informs Sanātana Gosvāmī about all the confidential paraphernalia of devotional service. He gives a description of Goloka Vṛndāvana, where the Lord is engaged in His eternal pastimes described in the Hari-vaṁśa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. sanātanaSanātana Gosvāmī
  3. sabaall
  4. siddhāntaconclusive statements
  5. puchilāinquired about
  6. bhāgavata-siddhāntathe conclusive statements about devotional service mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  7. gūḍhavery confidential
  8. sakaliall
  9. kahilāŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described
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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”

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

Which teaching about devotional service would I like to understand more clearly?

Practice

Write down one sincere question about a conclusion concerning devotional service.

Live this todayInquire About the Conclusions of Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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