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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.61
যথাগ্নিঃ সুসমৃদ্ধার্চিঃ করোত্যেধাংসি ভস্মসাত্ ।
তথা মদ্বিষয়া ভক্তিরুদ্ধবৈনাংসি কৃত্স্নশঃ ॥ ৬১ ॥
yathāgniḥ su-samṛddhārciḥ
karoty edhāṁsi bhasma-sāt
tathā mad-viṣayā bhaktir
uddhavaināṁsi kṛtsnaśaḥ
“ ‘As all fuel is burned to ashes by a full-fledged fire, all sinful activities are totally erased when one engages in devotional service to Me.’
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Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke this teaching in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
A full-fledged fire burns all its fuel to ashes.
Similarly, all sinful activities are totally erased when one engages in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 24.61 quotesSB 11.14.19
This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.14.19) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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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:
According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ. He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways.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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of fire strengthen your confidence in devotional service?
Read Kṛṣṇa’s statement aloud once, pausing to reflect on the image of fuel reduced to ashes.
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