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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.47
শিক্ষাগুরুকে ত’ জানি কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ ।
অন্তর্যামী, ভক্তশ্রেষ্ঠ,—এই দুই রূপ ॥ ৪৭ ॥
śikṣā-guruke ta’ jāni kṛṣṇera svarūpa
antaryāmī, bhakta-śreṣṭha, — ei dui rūpa
One should know the instructing spiritual master to be the Personality of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa manifests Himself as the Supersoul and as the greatest devotee of the Lord.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The instructing spiritual master is a bona fide representative of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa teaches from within as Paramātmā, our constant companion, and from without through the Bhagavad-gītā.
There are two kinds of instructing spiritual masters: a liberated person fully absorbed in meditation in devotional service, and one who awakens the disciple’s spiritual consciousness through relevant instructions.
The true ācārya is authorized to deliver Kṛṣṇa. He gives the disciple full spiritual knowledge and awakens the disciple to the activities of devotional service.
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: “service”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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Am I receiving spiritual instruction as a call to engage in devotional service?
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