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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.104
সাধুসঙ্গ, কৃষ্ণকৃপা, ভক্তির স্বভাব ।
এ তিনে সব ছাড়ায়, করে কৃষ্ণে ‘ভাব’ ॥ ১০৪ ॥
sādhu-saṅga, kṛṣṇa-kṛpā, bhaktira svabhāva
e tine saba chāḍāya, kare kṛṣṇe ‘bhāva’
“Association with a devotee, the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and the nature of devotional service help one to give up all undesirable association and gradually attain elevation to the platform of love of Godhead.
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Pure devotee association, Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, and devotional service help one leave undesirable association and gradually attain love of Godhead.
A pure devotee is not attracted by the material opulence awarded by māyā. Spending life pursuing such opulence is a misuse of the gift of human life.
The purport judges worldly activity by whether it frees humanity from the cycle of birth and death. Understanding that there is life after death is the beginning of spiritual knowledge.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 24.104 quotesBG 2.13
A person can understand himself and what he is simply by understanding the first lessons of the Bhagavad-gītā (2.13):
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Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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 concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”, “pure devotee”
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: “mercy”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I using the gift of human life mainly to acquire material opulence or to develop love of Godhead?
Use a few minutes normally spent pursuing material comfort for devotional service today.
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