‘śraddhā’-śabde—viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niśchaya kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya
Sri Samadhi Mandir Stotra Mala
(Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 22.62)
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Śraddhā is confident, firm faith that by rendering transcendental loving service to Kṛṣṇa one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. Such faith is favourable to the discharge of devotional service.
śraddhāvān jana haya bhakti-adhikārī ‘uttama’, ‘madhyama’, ‘kaniṣṭha’—śraddhā-anusārī (Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 22.64)
A faithful devotee is a truly eligible candidate for the loving service of the Lord. According to one’s faith, one is classified as a topmost devotee, an intermediate devotee or a junior devotee.