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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.12
রুচি হৈতে ভক্ত্যে হয় ‘আসক্তি’ প্রচুর ।
আসক্তি হৈতে চিত্তে জন্মে কৃষ্ণে প্রীত্যঙ্কুর ॥ ১২ ॥
ruci haite bhaktye haya ‘āsakti’ pracura
āsakti haite citte janme kṛṣṇe prīty-aṅkura
“After taste is awakened, a deep attachment arises, and from that attachment the seed of love for Kṛṣṇa grows in the heart.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After taste awakens, deep attachment arises.
From that attachment, the seed of love for Kṛṣṇa grows.
This growth of love for Kṛṣṇa takes place in the heart.
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:
He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva. He then describes the five divisions of attraction and how they continue.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this gradual growth help you reflect on your own love for Kṛṣṇa?
Take a quiet moment today to reflect on the progression from taste to attachment to love for Kṛṣṇa.
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