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Latest revision as of 13:21, 28 November 2021
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"by performing sacrifices and pious activities one can achieve sense gratification in a higher planetary system, but the devotional service of the Lord is so rare that even by executing hundreds and thousands of such sacrifices one cannot obtain it"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
"By cultivating philosophical knowledge one can understand his spiritual position and thus be liberated, and by performing sacrifices and pious activities one can achieve sense gratification in a higher planetary system, but the devotional service of the Lord is so rare that even by executing hundreds and thousands of such sacrifices one cannot obtain it."
Prahlāda Mahārāja instructs:
- matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā
- mitho ’bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām
- (SB 7.5.30)
- naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ
- spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthaḥ
- mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-’bhiṣekaṁ
- niṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat
- (SB 7.5.32)
These ślokas are to be discussed. Their purport is that one cannot obtain kṛṣṇa-bhakti, or the devotional service of the Lord, by official execution of the Vedic rituals. One has to approach a pure devotee. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā: "Who has been elevated without rendering service to a pure Vaiṣṇava?" It is the statement of Prahlāda Mahārāja that unless one is able to accept the dust from the lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava there is no possibility of achieving the platform of devotional service. That is the secret. The above-mentioned tantra-vacana, quoted from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.36), is our perfect guidance in this connection.
- Performing Sacrifices
- Pious Activities
- One Can
- Achieve
- Higher Planetary Systems
- Devotional Service to God and Sense Gratification
- Rare
- Even By
- Execute
- Hundreds and Thousands
- Of Such
- One Cannot
- Obtaining Devotional Service to God
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila Chapter 08 - The Author Receives the Orders of Krsna and Guru
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 17 Chapters