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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.13
সেই ‘ভাব’ গাঢ় হৈলে ধরে ‘প্রেম’-নাম ।
সেই প্রেমা — ‘প্ৰয়োজন’ সর্বানন্দ-ধাম ॥ ১৩ ॥
sei ‘bhāva’ gāḍha haile dhare ‘prema’-nāma
sei premā ‘prayojana’ sarvānanda-dhāma
“When that ecstatic emotional stage intensifies, it is called love of Godhead. Such love is life’s ultimate goal and the reservoir of all pleasure.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By good fortune, interest in devotional service develops into a desire for pure devotional service and association with devotees. This association increases interest in service, hearing and chanting.
Freedom from unwanted things is called anartha-nivṛtti and is the test of development in devotional service. Freedom from illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating is among its preliminary symptoms.
Purification leads to firm faith, taste and attachment, through which the seed of love of Kṛṣṇa fructifies as prīti, rati or bhāva. When rati intensifies, it becomes love of Godhead, life’s highest perfection and the reservoir of all pleasure.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the 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 of godhead”, “love of krsna”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhāva”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are unwanted things diminishing as your interest in devotional service grows?
Identify one unwanted habit today and choose one concrete step toward giving it up.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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