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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.39
মহান্ত-স্বভাব এই তারিতে পামর ।
নিজ কার্য নাহি তবু যান তার ঘর ॥ ৩৯ ॥
mahānta-svabhāva ei tārite pāmara
nija kārya nāhi tabu yāna tāra ghara
“It is the general practice of all saintly people to deliver the fallen. Therefore they go to people’s houses, although they have no personal business there.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Saintly people visit homes to deliver the fallen, not to pursue personal business. A sannyāsī’s real purpose is to enlighten each household by preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī voluntarily left their positions as ministers and accepted a mendicant’s life. They did so to humbly preach Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s message and deliver fallen souls.
Those engaged in the missionary work of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are not actually beggars. They work hard to introduce literature so that people can read and benefit.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “deliver”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saintly”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you share Kṛṣṇa consciousness for another person’s benefit rather than your own gain?
Offer an interested person a short passage from a book about Kṛṣṇa consciousness to read.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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