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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.197
‘সাধ্যবস্তু’ ‘সাধন’ বিনু কেহ নাহি পায় ।
কৃপা করি’ কহ, রায়, পাবার উপায় ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
‘sādhya-vastu’ ‘sādhana’ vinu keha nāhi pāya
kṛpā kari’ kaha, rāya, pābāra upāya
“The goal of life cannot be achieved unless one practices the process. Now, being merciful upon Me, please explain that means by which this goal can be attained.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The goal of life cannot be achieved without practicing the process.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks to hear the means by which the goal can be attained.
He asks for this explanation as an act of mercy.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to explain the higher platform of devotional service. Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “merciful”, “mercy”
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Am I seeking to practice the process, rather than only understand the goal?
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