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Prema Atlas
Follow one devotional concept through all three līlās — love given to everyone, and love tasted within — and find the chapters and verses to read.
Two currents, one revelation
Audārya — love given to all. Mādhurya — love inwardly relished.
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Practice & service · Love translated into service
Sevā
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant.
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Sevā · in the verses
3 verses to read
“According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
Study note: The seed of the bhakti creeper received by the mercy of guru and Kṛṣṇa.
“ ‘O Lord of the universe, I do not desire material wealth, materialistic followers, a beautiful wife or fruitive activities described in flowery language. All I want, life after life, is unmotivated devotional service to You.’
Study note: The fourth prayer: asking for devotion free from worldly gains.
“ ‘O My Lord, O Kṛṣṇa, son of Mahārāja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant, but because of My own fruitive acts I have fallen into this horrible ocean of nescience. Now please be causelessly merciful to Me. Consider Me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet.’
Study note: The fifth prayer: identifying oneself as Kṛṣṇa’s servant and seeking shelter.
A question to carry
What turns a humble action into an expression of devotion?
Concept links, journeys and bridges are an editorial study map. Only the verses — in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation — are the text itself. Prema, bhāva, mahābhāva and vipralambha are devotional terms, not psychological labels.