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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.85
রাগভক্ত্যে ব্রজে স্বয়ং-ভগবানে পায় ॥ ৮৫ ॥
rāga-bhaktye vraje svayaṁ-bhagavāne pāya
“By executing spontaneous devotional service in Vṛndāvana, one attains the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This verse speaks of executing spontaneous devotional service in Vṛndāvana.
Through this service, one attains Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa is identified as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Attaining Him is the devotional destination described here.
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 explained this verse in sixty-one different ways. He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations.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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can remembering Kṛṣṇa as the destination deepen my interest in devotional service?
Read the translation slowly once, giving special attention to both the service described and its destination.
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