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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.44
যদ্যপি আমার গুরু—চৈতন্যের দাস ।
তথাপি জানিয়ে আমি তাঁহার প্রকাশ ॥ ৪৪ ॥
yadyapi āmāra guru — caitanyera dāsa
tathāpi jāniye āmi tāṅhāra prakāśa
Although I know that my spiritual master is a servitor of Śrī Caitanya, I know Him also as a plenary manifestation of the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Every living entity is essentially a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The spiritual master is also His servant.
The spiritual master is a servitor of Śrī Caitanya and a direct manifestation of the Lord.
The spiritual master is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa because he is a manifestation of Kṛṣṇa. With this conviction, a disciple can advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The first manifestation described is the spiritual master, who appears in two plenary parts called the initiating spiritual master and instructing spiritual master. They are identical because both of them are phenomenal manifestations of the Supreme Truth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I understand the spiritual master as both the Lord’s servant and His manifestation?
Write one sentence recalling both truths: the spiritual master serves the Lord and directly manifests Him.
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