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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
Madhya 25.31Madhya 25.33

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.32

যেঽন্যেঽরবিন্দাক্ষ বিমুক্তমানিন-

স্ত্বয্যস্তভাবাদবিশুদ্ধবুদ্ধয়ঃ ।

আরুহ্য কৃচ্ছ্রেণ পরং পদং ততঃ

পতন্ত্যধোঽনাদৃতযুষ্মদঙ্ঘ্রয়ঃ ॥ ৩২ ॥

ye ’nye ’ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas

tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ

āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ

patanty adho ’nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ

Translation

“ ‘O lotus-eyed one, those who think they are liberated in this life but who are devoid of devotional service to You are of impure intelligence. Although they accept severe austerities and penances and rise to the spiritual position, to impersonal Brahman realization, they fall down again because they neglect to worship Your lotus feet.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Do Not Neglect the Lord’s Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    Those who think themselves liberated but lack devotional service to the Lord are described as having impure intelligence.

  2. 2

    Severe austerities and penances may raise them to impersonal Brahman realization.

  3. 3

    Yet they fall down again because they neglect to worship the Lord’s lotus feet.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 25.32 quotesSB 10.2.32

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.2.32).

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:

Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī immediately fell down at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and very much regretted his past behavior toward the Lord. 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.
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. yeall those who
  2. anyeothers (nondevotees)
  3. aravinda-akṣaO lotus-eyed one
  4. vimukta-māninaḥwho consider themselves liberated
  5. tvayiunto You
  6. asta-bhāvātwithout devotion
  7. aviśuddha-buddhayaḥwhose intelligence is not purified
  8. āruhyahaving ascended
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • 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”

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

Am I giving loving worship its place, rather than relying only on effort or a sense of spiritual attainment?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to the Lord, asking not to neglect service to His lotus feet.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayDo Not Neglect the Lord’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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