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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.173
তেষাং সততযুক্তানাং ভজতাং প্রীতিপূর্বকম্ ।
দদামি বুদ্ধিযোগং তং যেন মামুপযান্তি তে ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ
bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ
yena mām upayānti te
“ ‘To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.’
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This statement from the Bhagavad-gītā describes those who are constantly devoted to serving the Lord.
Their service is offered with love. Constant devotion and loving service are joined in this teaching.
The Lord gives these devotees the understanding by which they can come to Him.
The purport of CC Madhya 24.173 quotesBG 10.10
This is a quotation from the Bhagavad-gītā (10.10).
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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.
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: “serving”, “service”, “offered”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I bring more love and constancy into my service to the Lord?
Give a few undistracted minutes today to an act of loving service to the Lord.
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