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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.130

‘ভক্ত্যে জীবন্মুক্ত’ গুণাকৃষ্ট হঞা কৃষ্ণ ভজে ।

শুষ্কজ্ঞানে জীবন্মুক্ত অপরাধে অধো মজে ॥ ১৩০ ॥

‘bhaktye jīvan-mukta’ guṇākṛṣṭa hañā kṛṣṇa bhaje

śuṣka-jñāne jīvan-mukta aparādhe adho maje

Translation

“Those who are liberated by devotional service become more and more attracted by the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa. Thus they engage in His service. Those who are liberated by the speculative process eventually fall down again due to offensive activity.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotion Deepens Attraction to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Those liberated by devotional service become increasingly attracted to Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities.

  2. 2

    This attraction leads them to engage in His service.

  3. 3

    Those liberated through speculation eventually fall down again because of offensive activity.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhaktye jīvan-muktapersons liberated in this life by discharging devotional service
  2. guṇa-ākṛṣṭa hañābeing attracted by the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa
  3. kṛṣṇa bhajeengage in the devotional service of the Lord
  4. śuṣka-jñāne jīvan-muktaso-called liberated in this life by dry, speculative knowledge
  5. aparādheby offenses
  6. adho majefall down
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can your attraction to Kṛṣṇa find expression in service?

Practice

Pause before one devotional activity today and consciously offer it as service to Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayDevotion Deepens Attraction to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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