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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.90
কৃষ্ণের প্রতিজ্ঞা দৃঢ় সর্বকালে আছে ।
যে যৈছে ভজে, কৃষ্ণ তারে ভজে তৈছে ॥ ৯০ ॥
kṛṣṇera pratijñā dṛḍha sarva-kāle āche
ye yaiche bhaje, kṛṣṇa tāre bhaje taiche
“Lord Kṛṣṇa has made a firm promise for all time. If one renders service unto Him, Kṛṣṇa correspondingly gives him an equal amount of success in devotional service to the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa has made a firm promise for all time: He gives success in devotional service corresponding to the service offered to Him.
The purport rejects the idea that we can manufacture our own way of worship and still receive the same ultimate result. Different methods bring different results.
The purport also rejects the claim that chanting any name gives the same result and therefore there is no need to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
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:
He then spoke of detached action, knowledge mixed with devotional service, and finally the spontaneous loving service of the Lord. After hearing Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya recite some verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of speculation.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.
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”, “offered”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I approach devotional service on its own terms, or assume that any method I choose will give the same result?
Set aside a short time today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra attentively.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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