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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 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places
Madhya 9.267Madhya 9.269

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.268

সালোক্য-সার্ষ্টি-সামীপ্য-সারূপ্যৈকত্বমপ্যুত ।

দীয়মানং ন গৃহ্ণন্তি বিনা মৎসেবনং জনাঃ ॥ ২৬৮ ॥

sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-

sārūpyaikatvam apy uta

dīyamānaṁ na gṛhnanti

vinā mat-sevanaṁ janāḥ

Translation

“ ‘Pure devotees always reject the five kinds of liberation, which include living in the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets, possessing the same opulences as those possessed by the Supreme Lord, having the same bodily features as the Lord’s, associating with the Lord and merging into the body of the Lord. The pure devotees do not accept these benedictions without the service of the Lord.’

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

No Benediction Without the Lord’s Service

  1. 1

    The five kinds of liberation include living in the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets and possessing the same opulences as the Supreme Lord.

  2. 2

    They also include having the same bodily features as the Lord, associating with Him and merging into His body.

  3. 3

    Pure devotees do not accept these benedictions without service to the Lord. Service, rather than liberation alone, is essential to them.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 9.268 quotesSB 3.29.13

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.29.13).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Travels to the Holy Places

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

The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī. The Lord then confronted the Bhaṭṭathāris at Mallāra-deśa and saved Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa from their clutches.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sālokyato live on the same planet as the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  2. sārṣṭito possess opulence equal to the Lord’s
  3. sāmīpyato always associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. sārūpyato possess bodily features like the Lord’s
  5. ekatvamto merge into the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  6. apieven
  7. utacertainly
  8. dīyamānambeing offered
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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”

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

Do I value service to the Lord more than the benedictions I might receive?

Practice

Before one act of service today, pause and resolve to value the service itself rather than a reward.

Live this todayNo Benediction Without the Lord’s ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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