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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.328
প্রভু কহে, — “যে করিতে করিবা তুমি মন ।
কৃষ্ণ সেই সেই তোমা করাবে স্ফুরণ ॥ ৩২৮ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “ye karite karibā tumi mana
kṛṣṇa sei sei tomā karābe sphuraṇa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Whatever you want to do you will be able to do correctly by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s favor. He will manifest the real purport.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu assures Sanātana Gosvāmī that he will work correctly by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s favor. Kṛṣṇa will manifest the real purport.
A pure devotee has no business other than serving Kṛṣṇa. Consequently, Kṛṣṇa is always ready to help him.
Sanātana Gosvāmī was a pure devotee authorized to write Vaiṣṇava smṛti. Through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s blessings, he was able to write the book perfectly.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
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: “favor”, “blessings”
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: “pure devotee”
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would change if you approached a devotional task primarily as service to Kṛṣṇa?
Choose one small devotional task today and begin by asking for Kṛṣṇa’s help to carry it out as service to Him.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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