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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.93
অজাগলস্তন-ন্যায় অন্য সাধন ।
অতএব হরি ভজে বুদ্ধিমান্ জন ॥ ৯৩ ॥
ajā-gala-stana-nyāya anya sādhana
ataeva hari bhaje buddhimān jana
“With the exception of devotional service, all the methods of self-realization are like the nipples on the neck of a goat. Therefore an intelligent person adopts only devotional service, giving up all other processes of self-realization.
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Without devotional service, other methods of self-realization and spiritual life are useless.
They are compared to the nipples on a goat’s neck: although they may appear able to produce milk, they cannot.
Only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position. An intelligent person therefore adopts devotional service, giving up other processes of self-realization.
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 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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are you placing spiritual hope in a method apart from devotional service?
Review one spiritual practice you rely on, and consider whether devotional service is central to it.
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