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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.268
‘সাযুজ্য’ শুনিতে ভক্তের হয় ঘৃণা ভয় ।
নরক বাঞ্ছয়ে, তবু সাযুজ্য না লয় ॥ ২৬৮ ॥
‘sāyujya’ śunite bhaktera haya ghṛṇā-bhaya
naraka vāñchaye, tabu sāyujya nā laya
“A pure devotee does not like even to hear about sāyujya-mukti, which inspires him with fear and hatred. Indeed, the pure devotee would rather go to hell than merge into the effulgence of the Lord.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A pure devotee fears and rejects sāyujya-mukti, merging into the Lord’s effulgence. Such merging is described as the result of an offense against the Lord’s transcendental loving service.
Sālokya, sāmīpya, sārūpya and sārṣṭi are less undesirable because they can provide avenues of service to the Lord.
Yet a pure devotee aspires only to serve Kṛṣṇa birth after birth. Even hellish circumstances do not take away this desire to serve.
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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:
Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya thus became a pure Vaiṣṇava, and the other learned scholars there followed him.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.
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In this verse: “pure devotee”
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In this verse: “service”, “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might my desire to serve Kṛṣṇa remain steady even in difficult circumstances?
Offer one small act of service to Kṛṣṇa today without asking for relief or reward.
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