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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.276
মুক্তি-শব্দ কহিতে মনে হয় ঘৃণা-ত্রাস ।
ভক্তি-শব্দ কহিতে মনে হয় ত’ উল্লাস ॥ ২৭৬ ॥
mukti-śabda kahite mane haya ghṛṇā-trāsa
bhakti-śabda kahite mane haya ta’ ullāsa
“The very sound of the word ‘mukti’ immediately induces hate and fear, but when we say the word ‘bhakti,’ we naturally feel transcendental bliss within the mind.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The very sound of the word “mukti” immediately induces hate and fear in the speaker.
Saying the word “bhakti” naturally brings transcendental bliss within the mind.
The speaker expresses a strong contrast between his feelings toward mukti and bhakti.
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:
He wanted to substitute the word bhakti-pada. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sārvabhauma not to change the reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What feelings arise in my mind when I say the word “bhakti”?
Say “bhakti” slowly, and take a moment to reflect on the transcendental bliss described here.
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