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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.258
প্রভু কহে, — শাস্ত্রে কহে শ্রবণ-কীর্তন ।
কৃষ্ণপ্রেমসেবা-ফলের ‘পরম সাধন’ ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
prabhu kahe, — śāstre kahe śravaṇa-kīrtana
kṛṣṇa-prema-sevā-phalera ‘parama-sādhana’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “According to the verdict of the śāstras, the process of hearing and chanting is the best means to attain loving service to Kṛṣṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Tattvavādīs taught that performing the duties of the four varṇas and āśramas for Kṛṣṇa was the best process. They understood the highest goal as returning home, back to Godhead.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu differed: according to the śāstras, hearing and chanting about Lord Viṣṇu is the best means to attain loving service to Kṛṣṇa.
He taught that the highest goal is love of Godhead, whether in the material or spiritual world. In the material world this is practiced according to scriptural injunction; in the spiritual world the achievement is already there.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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 went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make love of Godhead, rather than merely a change of place, the aim of my practice?
Spend a few minutes today hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa with the intention of developing loving service.
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