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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.198
সনকাদি-শুকদেব তাহাতে প্রমাণ ।
এইমত নানা অর্থ করেন ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
sanakādi-śukadeva tāhāte pramāṇa
ei-mata nānā artha karena vyākhyāna
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the meaning of the verse by giving evidence concerning Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the four ṛṣis Sanaka, Sanat-kumāra, Sanātana and Sanandana. Thus the Lord gave various meanings and explanations.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī and the four Kumāras were liberated and self-realized on the Brahman platform from the beginning of their lives. Yet Kṛṣṇa’s qualities and pastimes attracted them to His service.
The four Kumāras became devotees through the aroma of flowers offered at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. Śukadeva Gosvāmī heard Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by the mercy of his father, Vyāsadeva, and became a great devotee.
Their activities verify that Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, even to liberated persons. The bliss of serving the Lord is therefore superior to brahmānanda, the bliss of realizing impersonal Brahman.
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 6.198 quotesCC Madhya 24.112
It is therefore said, muktā api līlayā vigrahaṁ kṛtvā bhagavantaṁ bhajante: “Even liberated persons are attracted by the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa and thus engage in devotional service.”
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
At the request of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then explained the ātmārāma verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in eighteen different ways. When the Bhaṭṭācārya came to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disclosed His real identity.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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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”, “serving”, “offered”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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”
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What does the attraction of liberated persons to Kṛṣṇa reveal to you about devotional service?
Reread the two examples in the purport and write down its conclusion about the bliss of serving the Lord.
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