1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.267
পঞ্চবিধ মুক্তি ত্যাগ করে ভক্তগণ ।
ফল্গু করি’ ‘মুক্তি’ দেখে নরকের সম ॥ ২৬৭ ॥
pañca-vidha mukti tyāga kare bhakta-gaṇa
phalgu kari’ ‘mukti’ dekhe narakera sama
“Pure devotees reject the five kinds of liberation; indeed, for them liberation is very insignificant because they see it as hellish.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Pure devotees reject the five kinds of liberation.
For them, liberation is very insignificant.
Their rejection is emphatic: they see liberation as hellish.
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:
The Lord next visited Phalgu-tīrtha, Tritakūpa, Pañcāpsarā, Sūrpāraka and Kolāpura. At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this strong rejection reveal about the priorities of pure devotees?
Reflect for one minute on the statement that liberation is insignificant to pure devotees.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 9.267? Get an answer from the verses themselves.