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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.57
প্রভু কহে, — “পড় শ্লোক সাধ্যের নির্ণয় ।”
রায় কহে, — “স্বধর্মাচরণে বিষ্ণুভক্তি হয় ॥” ৫৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “paḍa śloka sādhyera nirṇaya”
rāya kahe, — “sva-dharmācaraṇe viṣṇu-bhakti haya”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rāmānanda Rāya, “Recite a verse from the revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya about the ultimate goal of life.
He directed Rāmānanda Rāya to recite a verse from the revealed scriptures on this subject.
Rāmānanda replied that executing the prescribed duties of one’s social position awakens one’s original Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature. First of all, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya enunciated the system of the varṇāśrama institution.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I connect my prescribed duties with awakening Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
Identify one duty of your social position and carry it out carefully today, remembering Rāmānanda Rāya’s reply.
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