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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.142
য এষাং পুরুষং সাক্ষাদাত্মপ্রভবমীশ্বরম্ ।
ন ভজন্ত্যবজানন্তি স্থানাদ্ভ্রষ্টাঃ পতন্ত্যধঃ ॥ ১৪২ ॥
ya eṣāṁ puruṣaṁ sākṣād
ātma-prabhavam īśvaram
na bhajanty avajānanti
sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ
“ ‘If one simply maintains an official position in the four varṇas and āśramas but does not worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, he falls down from his puffed-up position into a hellish condition.’
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Merely holding an official position in the four varṇas and āśramas is not sufficient.
One must worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu rather than rely on a formal position.
Without that worship, one falls from a puffed-up position into a hellish condition.
The purport of CC Madhya 24.142 quotesSB 11.5.3
This is also a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.3).
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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 analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I rely on a title or position more than on actual worship?
Set aside thoughts of your status and offer a humble prayer to Lord Viṣṇu today.
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