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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.186
প্রগাঢ় প্রেমের এই স্বভাব-আচার ।
নিজ-দুঃখ-বিঘ্নাদির না করে বিচার ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
pragāḍha-premera ei svabhāva-ācāra
nija-duḥkha-vighnādira nā kare vicāra
“This is the natural result of intense love of Godhead. The devotee does not consider personal inconveniences or impediments. In all circumstances he wants to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Those who have developed intense love for Kṛṣṇa do not care for personal inconvenience or impediments. They remain determined to serve Him.
Such devotees carry out the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative, the spiritual master. Even great difficulties do not turn them away from service.
What appears to be distress in a perfect Vaiṣṇava is actually transcendental bliss. Those with intense love for Kṛṣṇa are worthy candidates for going back home, back to Godhead.
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 4.186 quotesSB 10.14.8
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.8), tat te’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇaḥ: those who seriously desire to get free from the clutches of material existence, who have developed intense love for Kṛṣṇa, are worthy candidates for going back home, back to Godhead.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Mādhavendra Purī. When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”, “love for krsna”
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: “serve”, “service”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do small inconveniences affect my willingness to serve Kṛṣṇa?
Complete one small act of devotional service today without letting a minor inconvenience turn you away.
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