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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 9.275Madhya 9.277

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.276

প্রভু কহে, — কর্মী, জ্ঞানী, — দুই ভক্তিহীন ।

তোমার সম্প্রদায়ে দেখি সেই দুই চিহ্ন ॥ ২৭৬ ॥

prabhu kahe, — karmī, jñānī, — dui bhakti-hīna

tomāra sampradāye dekhi sei dui cihna

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Both the fruitive worker and the speculative philosopher are considered nondevotees. We see both elements present in your sampradāya.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Distinguish Devotion From Fruitive Work and Speculation

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that the fruitive worker is considered a nondevotee.

  2. 2

    He also said that the speculative philosopher is considered a nondevotee.

  3. 3

    He observed that both elements were present in the sampradāya He was addressing.

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:

At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. karmīfruitive worker
  3. jñānīmental speculator
  4. duiboth of them
  5. bhakti-hīnanondevotees
  6. tomārayour
  7. sampradāyein the community
  8. dekhiI see
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do fruitive motives or speculative thinking enter what I regard as devotion?

Practice

Review one spiritual activity today and check whether its purpose was devotion, fruitive gain or speculation.

Live this todayDistinguish Devotion From Fruitive Work and SpeculationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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