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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters
Ādi 1.13Ādi 1.15

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.14

পঞ্চতত্ত্বাত্মকং কৃষ্ণং ভক্তরূপস্বরূপকম্‌ ।

ভক্তাবতারং ভক্তাখ্যং নমামি ভক্তশক্তিকম্‌ ॥ ১৪ ॥

pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ

bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam

bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ

namāmi bhakta-śaktikam

Translation

I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation, pure devotee and devotional energy.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is Nondifferent from His Devotional Features

  1. 1

    The author offers obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation and devotional manifestation.

  3. 3

    He is also nondifferent from His features as a pure devotee and devotional energy.

How it feels

Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.

The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Ādi 1: The Spiritual Masters

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī are the two principal followers of Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, who acted as the most confidential servitor of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Viśvambhara in His early life. A direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pañca-tattva-ātmakamcomprehending the five transcendental subject matters
  2. kṛṣṇamunto Lord Kṛṣṇa
  3. bhakta-rūpain the form of a devotee
  4. sva-rūpakamin the expansion of a devotee
  5. bhakta-avatāramin the incarnation of a devotee
  6. bhakta-ākhyamknown as a devotee
  7. namāmiI offer my obeisances
  8. bhakta-śaktikamthe energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who supplies energy to the devotee
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “pure devotee”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this teaching of nondifference shape the respect you offer to Kṛṣṇa’s devotional features?

Practice

Read the five devotional features aloud, then offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it · quoted in 2 more lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Quoted in 2 other lectures

In each of these he quotes this verse while speaking on another verse or subject. "Find the quote" opens the transcript at that spot.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is Nondifferent from His Devotional FeaturesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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