Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 22.62

'śraddhā'-śabde — viśvāsa kahe sudridha niścaya

krishne bhakti kaile sarva-karma krita haya

SYNONYMS

śraddhā-śabde — by the word śraddhā; viśvāsa — faith; kahe — is said; sudridha — firm; niścaya — certain; krishne — unto Lord Krishna; bhakti — devotional service; kaile — by executing; sarva-karma — all activities; krita — completed; haya — are.

TRANSLATION

"Śraddhā is confident, firm faith that by rendering transcendental loving service to Krishna one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. Such faith is favorable to the discharge of devotional service.

PURPORT

Firm faith and confidence are called śraddhā. When one engages in the Lord's devotional service, he is to be understood to have performed all his responsibilities in the material world. He has satisfied his forefathers, ordinary living entities, and demigods and is free from all responsibility. Such a person does not need to meet his responsibilities separately. It is automatically done. Fruitive activity (karma) is meant to satisfy the senses of the conditioned soul. However, when one awakens to Krishna consciousness, he does not have to work separately for pious activity. The best achievement of all fruitive activity is detachment from material life, and this detachment is spontaneously enjoyed by the devotee firmly engaged in the Lord's service.

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