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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.61Madhya 8.63

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.62

আজ্ঞায়ৈবং গুণান্ দোষান্ময়াদিষ্টানপি স্বকান্ ।

ধর্মান্ সংত্যজ্য যঃ সর্বান্ মাং ভজেৎ স চ সত্তমঃ ॥ ৬২ ॥

ājñāyaivaṁ guṇān doṣān

mayādiṣṭān api svakān

dharmān santyajya yaḥ sarvān

māṁ bhajet sa ca sattamaḥ

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya continued, “ ‘Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures. If one analyzes them, he can fully understand their qualities and faults and then give them up completely to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a person is considered a first-class man.’

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Service Beyond Occupational Duties

  1. 1

    Occupational duties are described in the religious scriptures.

  2. 2

    By analyzing these duties, one can understand their qualities and faults.

  3. 3

    One who gives them up completely to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is considered a first-class man.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

First of all, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya enunciated the system of the varṇāśrama institution. He recited various verses about karmārpaṇa, stating that everything should be dedicated to the Lord.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ājñāyaknowing perfectly
  2. evamthus
  3. guṇānqualities
  4. doṣānfaults
  5. mayāby Me
  6. ādiṣṭāninstructed
  7. apialthough
  8. svakānown
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I understand that the giving up described here is specifically for rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Practice

Reread the translation and note the purpose given for leaving occupational duties: service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Live this todayService Beyond Occupational DutiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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