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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.164
এই সব শান্ত যবে ভজে ভগবান্ ।
‘শান্ত’ ভক্ত করি’ তবে কহি তাঁর নাম ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
ei saba śānta yabe bhaje bhagavān
‘śānta’ bhakta kari’ tabe kahi tāṅra nāma
“These thirteen types of yogīs and munis are called śānta-bhaktas, for they render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the neutral stage.
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The thirteen types of yogīs and munis are called śānta-bhaktas.
They render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Their loving service is in the neutral stage.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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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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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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How does the description of loving service help you understand the neutral stage?
Write a short definition of śānta-bhaktas using the words ‘loving service’ and ‘neutral stage.’
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