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  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 8.72Madhya 8.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.73

ভবন্তমেবানুচরন্নিরন্তরঃ

প্রসান্তনিঃশেষমনোরথান্তরঃ ।

কদাঽমৈকান্তিকনিত্যকিঙ্করঃ

প্রহর্ষয়িষ্যামি স-নাথ-জীবিতম্ ॥ ৭৩ ॥

bhavantam evānucaran nirantaraḥ

praśānta-niḥśeṣa-mano-rathāntaraḥ

kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ

praharṣayiṣyāmi sa-nātha-jīvitam

Translation

“ ‘By serving You constantly, one is freed from all material desires and is completely pacified. When shall I engage as Your permanent eternal servant and always feel joyful to have such a perfect master?’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Constant Service Brings Peace and Joy

  1. 1

    Yāmunācārya states that constant service to the Lord frees one from all material desires.

  2. 2

    Through such service, one becomes completely pacified.

  3. 3

    He longs to serve the Lord permanently and eternally, always feeling joyful to have such a perfect master.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a statement made by the great saintly devotee Yāmunācārya in his Stotra-ratna (43).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhavantamYou
  2. evacertainly
  3. anucaranserving
  4. nirantaraḥalways
  5. praśāntapacified
  6. niḥśeṣaall
  7. manaḥ-rathadesires
  8. antaraḥother
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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: “servant”, “serving”, “service”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “yāmunācārya”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches me about Yāmunācārya’s desire to remain the joyful, eternal servant of a perfect master?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer today expressing your desire to serve the Lord steadily and joyfully.

Live this todayConstant Service Brings Peace and JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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