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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.24
ভুক্তি, সিদ্ধি, ইন্দ্রিয়ার্থ তারে নাহি ভায় ॥ ২৪ ॥
bhukti, siddhi, indriyārtha tāre nāhi bhāya
“In the material field, people are interested in material enjoyment, mystic power and sense gratification. But these things do not appeal to the devotee at all.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In the material field, people are interested in material enjoyment.
Mystic power and sense gratification are also objects of material interest.
These things do not appeal to the devotee at all.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How much of your attention is drawn toward material enjoyment or sense gratification?
Notice one desire for sense gratification today and pause before acting on it.
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