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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.155

ব্রহ্মভূতঃ প্রসন্নাত্মা ন শোচতি ন কাঙ্ক্ষতি ।

সমঃ সর্বেষু ভূতেষু মদ্ভক্তিং লভতে পরাম্‌ ॥ ১৫৫ ॥

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā

na śocati na kāṅkṣati

samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu

mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

Translation

“ ‘One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything. He is equally disposed toward every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Spiritual Realization Leads to Pure Devotional Service

  1. 1

    One who is transcendentally situated realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful.

  2. 2

    Such a person neither laments nor desires to have anything and is equally disposed toward every living entity.

  3. 3

    In that state, one attains pure devotional service to the Lord.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.155 quotesBG 18.54

This is a verse from the Bhagavad-gītā (18.54).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.

The mood of Madhya 25 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about devotional service in terms of the Vedānta-sūtra, and the Lord told him about devotional service that is approved by great personalities who know the Vedānta-sūtra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then pointed out that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the proper commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. brahma-bhūtaḥfreed from material conceptions of life but attached to an impersonal situation
  2. prasanna-ātmāfully joyful
  3. na śocatihe does not lament
  4. na kāṅkṣatihe does not hanker
  5. samaḥequally disposed
  6. sarveṣuall
  7. bhūteṣuto the living entities
  8. mat-bhaktimMy devotional service
  9. labhateachieves
  10. parāmtranscendental
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Key ideas in this 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”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “laments”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What would being equally disposed toward every living entity look like in my dealings today?

Practice

In one interaction today, consciously offer equal consideration rather than favoring someone because of what they can give you.

Live this todaySpiritual Realization Leads to Pure Devotional ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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