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<h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<h3>CC Adi-lila</h3>
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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.
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[[Vanisource:CC Adi 8.17|CC Adi 8.17, Translation and Purport]]
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“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.”
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Prahlāda Mahārāja instructs:

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:matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā
:mitho ’bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām
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:naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ
:spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthaḥ
:mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-’bhiṣekaṁ 
:niṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat
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([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.32|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.
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