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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 23.24Madhya 23.26

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.25

যো দুস্ত্যজান্ দারসুতান্‌ সুহৃদ্রাজ্যং হৃদিস্পৃশঃ ।

জহৌ যুবৈব মলবদুত্তমঃশ্লোকলালসঃ ॥ ২৫ ॥

yo dustyajān dāra-sutān

suḥṛd-rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥ

jahau yuvaiva mala-vad

uttamaḥśloka-lālasaḥ

Translation

“ ‘King Bharata was very eager to attain the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, who is called Uttamaḥśloka because poems and prayers are offered to Him for His favor. In his youth, King Bharata gave up his attractive wife and children, as well as his beloved friends and opulent kingdom, just as one gives up stool after passing it.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Eagerness for Kṛṣṇa Brings Detachment

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    King Bharata was very eager to attain the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is called Uttamaḥśloka because poems and prayers are offered to Him for His favor.

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    In his youth, King Bharata gave up his attractive wife and children, beloved friends and opulent kingdom. He discarded them as readily as one gives up stool after passing it.

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    The purport identifies these as signs of virakti, or detachment. Such detachment is found in one who has developed bhāva, the preliminary stage of love of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • These are the signs of virakti (detachment) found in a person who has developed bhāva, the preliminary stage of love of Godhead.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 23.25 quotesSB 5.14.43

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.14.43).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

He also describes the mellow derived from conjugal love, which is the supreme emotion. Conjugal love is divided into two categories — svakīya and parakīya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yaḥwho (Bharata Mahārāja)
  2. dustyajāndifficult to give up
  3. dāra-sutānwife and children
  4. suhṛtfriends
  5. rājyamkingdom
  6. hṛdi-spṛśaḥdear to the core of the heart
  7. jahaugave up
  8. yuvāyouthful
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “favor”

  • 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”

  • 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: “offered”

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

What does King Bharata’s eagerness reveal about the value he placed on Kṛṣṇa’s association?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Kṛṣṇa today expressing your desire for His association.

Live this todayEagerness for Kṛṣṇa Brings DetachmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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